Ancient bone collagen assessment by hand-held vibrational spectroscopy

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 381-389

  Pestle, William J ^a   Ahmad, Fakhra ^b   Vesper, Benjamin J ^c   Cordell, Geoffrey A ^d   Colvard, Michael D ^c  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Natural Products Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ADNA; Collagen; FTIR; Radiocarbon; Raman spectroscopy; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; COLLAGEN; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84890391320     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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