Microstructural, chemical and isotopic evidence for the origin of late neolithic leather recovered from an ice field in the Swiss Alps

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1851-1865

  Spangenberg, Jorge E ^a   Ferrer, Montserrat ^a   Tschudin, Pascal ^a   Volken, Marquita ^b   Hafner, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Gentle Craft   (Switzerland)

^c Archaeological Service of the Canton Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Archaeological leather; Bulk stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios; Climatic changes; Compound specific isotope analysis; Fatty acids; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Melting ice patch; Neolithic; Neutral lipids; SEM; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE FIELD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; OVIS ARIES; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 77953959122     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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