Animal urine as painting materials in African rock art revealed by cluster ToF-SIMS mass spectrometry imaging

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 944-950

  Mazel, Vincent ^a   Richardin, Pascale ^a   Touboul, David ^b   Brunelle, Alain ^b   Richard, Caroline ^a   Laval, Eric ^a   Walter, Philippe ^a   Laprévote, Olivier ^b,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

African rock art; Cultural heritage; ToF SIMS imaging; Uric acid; X ray microdiffraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; NEGATIVE IONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ROCKS; SALTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CULTURAL HERITAGES; ROCK ARTS; TOF-SIMS IMAGING; URIC ACIDS; X RAY MICRODIFFRACTION;

SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ION; URATE; URIC ACID;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SNAKE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77955882459     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1789     Document Type: Article

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