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dc.contributor.authorGregg, M.W.*
dc.contributor.authorBrettell, Rhea C.*
dc.contributor.authorStern, Ben*
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-20T17:36:41Z
dc.date.available2014-03-20T17:36:41Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationGregg, M. W., Brettell, R. and Stern, B. (2007). Bitumen in Neolithic Iran: Biomolecular and isotopic evidence. In: Glascock, M. D., Speakman, R. J. and Popelka-Filcoff, R. S. (eds.), (2007). Archaeological chemistry: Analytical techniques and archaeological interpretation. ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 968, Chapter 7, pp. 137-151en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/5859
dc.descriptionnoen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the results of the chemical analysis of materials recovered from two of the earliest agricultural villages in southwestern Iran and a late Neolithic pastoral encampment in nearby Khuzistan. Gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) revealed biomarker compounds characteristic of bitumen in residues from ceramic vessels supporting the excavators¿ contention that the interior surfaces of some vessels were coated with a thin layer of such material and confirmed that ¿fragments¿ collected during excavation were indeed bitumen. Biomolecular and isotopic analysis of the bitumen indicated that the sources utilized lie in the Susa and Deh Luran regions of southwestern Iran.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNERC (MSc); AHRC (PhD)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectBitumenen_US
dc.subjectNeolithic Iranen_US
dc.subjectBiomolecular analysisen_US
dc.subjectIsotope analysisen_US
dc.subjectKhuzistanen_US
dc.subjectCeramic vesselsen_US
dc.titleBitumen in Neolithic Iran: Biomolecular and isotopic evidence.en_US
dc.status.refereedNoen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US
dc.type.versionpublished version paperen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2007-0968.ch007


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