The effect of charring and burial on the biochemical composition of cereal grains: Investigating the integrity of archaeological plant material

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4767-4779

  Styring, A K ^a   Manning, H ^a   Fraser, R A ^b   Wallace, M ^c   Jones, G ^c   Charles, M ^c   Heaton, T H E ^d   Bogaard, A ^b   Evershed, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient; Cereal grains; Chars; FTIR; Heat treatment; Maillard; NMR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CEREAL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HEATING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PALEOBOTANY;

TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 84886589582     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.03.024     Document Type: Article

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