Chemical analysis of cacao residues in archaeological ceramics from North America: Considerations of contamination, sample size and systematic controls

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 191-207

  Washburn, Dorothy K ^a   Washburn, William N ^b   Shipkova, Petia A ^b   Pelleymounter, Mary Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c InVivo Pharmacology Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

American Southwest and Southeast; Analytical controls; Chemical residue analysis of ceramics; Contamination; Theobromine in cacao

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; DETECTION METHOD; IMPORT; PLANT RESIDUE; PREHISTORIC; RESEARCH WORK; ARCHAEOLOGY; MISSISSIPPIAN;

NORTH AMERICA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84905379862     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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