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Experimental polysaccharide chars and their 'fingerprints' in charred archaeological food residues
- Source :
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 25:63-75
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1993.
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Abstract
- As a model for polysaccharide char formation in archaeological food residues, bulk samples of microcrystalline cellulose were charred under anoxic conditions at atmospheric pressure and at temperatures ranging from 190 to 310°C. The resulting chars were characterised by pyrolysis—mass spectrometry (Py—MS) and Curie-point pyrolysis—gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Cu-Py—GC/MS). Although very few polysaccharide moieties were preserved in the experimental chars after heating above 270°C, a characteristic distribution of pyrolysis products representing the condensed char is shown. A selected charred archaeological food residue was analysed using the same analytical techniques. In this way, polysaccharide input can be detected in archaeological residues after approximately 1800 years of burial.
Details
- ISSN :
- 01652370
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e09c73eeeb6f142dc8d8c71b0ae4fc48