Mayyas, A.Stern, BenGillmore, GavinConingham, Robin A.E.Fazeli Nashli, H.2011-01-192011-01-192012Mayyas A, Stern B, Coningham R, Fazeli Nashli H and Gillmore G (2012) Beeswax preserved in a Late Chalcolithic Bevelled Rim bowl from the Tehran Plain, Iran. The Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. 50: 13-25.http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4723NoReferences Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Get access Abstract This paper presents the observation of lipid residue, identified as beeswax, preserved in the ceramic matrix of a Late Chalcolithic (c. 3700–3000 BC) bevelled-rim bowl (BRB) from the site of Tepe Sofalin on the Tehran Plain. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used to separate and identify the lipid constituents preserved in the matrix of a BRB sherd. Lipid biomarkers were recovered including long-chain n-alkanes, n-alkenes, palmitic wax monoesters, fatty acids and n-alcohols characteristic of beeswax. In addition to two disaccharides, cholesterol and β-sitosterol as contaminants were retrieved by solvent soluble extraction from a number of different locations from the ceramic matrix of the analysed sherd.enBeeswaxResidue analysisGC-MSCeramicsBevelled-rim bowlTepe ChougaliIranTehran PlainChalcolithicArticlehttps://doi.org/10.1080/05786967.2012.11834710