Study of archaeological artifact by chromatography-mass spectrometry

An archaeological artifact, representing a compound piece of the Bronze Age, the outer surface of which is encrusted with seeds, has been investigated. The chemical composition of the organic binder was determined by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry; X-ray fluorescence analysis was used to determine the nature of the inorganic base of the artifact. Keywords: archaeological artifact, fatty acids, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence analysis
Recently, various physicochemical methods have been widely used to identify the nature of the individual components that make up archaeological finds: IR spectroscopy, atomic spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, HPLC, and gas [...]