Understanding residues of oil production: Chemical analyses of floors in traditional mills

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 883-893

  Pecci, Alessandra ^a   Ontiveros, Miguel Ángel Cau ^a,b   Valdambrini, Chiara ^c   Inserra, Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeometry; Ethnoarchaeometry; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Oil; Oil mills; Organic residues; Spot tests

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; FLOOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILL; OIL PRODUCTION; PHOSPHATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; ITALY; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUGLIA; SPAIN; TUSCANY;

EID: 84881262136     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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