Cacao use and the San Lorenzo Olmec

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 8595-8600

  Powis, Terry G ^a   Cyphers, Ann ^b   Gaikwad, Nilesh W ^c   Grivetti, Louis ^c   Cheong, Kong ^d  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Chocolate; Mexico; Residue analysis; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

METHYLXANTHINE; THEOBROMINE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CACAO; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMERICAS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CACAO; CERAMICS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; THEOBROMINE;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 79957674360     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100620108     Document Type: Article

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