A novel and non-destructive approach for ZooMS analysis: Ammonium bicarbonate buffer extraction

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-289

  van Doorn, Nienke Laura ^a   Hollund, Hege ^b   Collins, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone; Collagen; MALDI TOF MS; Non destructive analysis; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856232090     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0067-y     Document Type: Article

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