ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL BIOMARKER REVOLUTION*

作者: R. P. EVERSHED

DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-4754.2008.00446.X

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摘要: Organic residue analysis utilizes analytical organic chemical techniques to identify the nature and origins of remains that cannot be characterized using traditional archaeological investigation (because they are either amorphous or invisible). The field is founded upon principle biomolecular, biochemical, components materials associated with human activity survive in a wide variety locations deposits at sites. information contained residues represented by biomolecular natural products contribute formation given residue. By applying appropriate separation (chromatographic) identification (mass spectrometric) techniques, preserved, altered, such can revealed. Once identified, Archaeological Biomarker Concept applied, wherein structure even isotopic composition(s) biomolecule suite biomolecules (the ‘chemical fingerprint’) related compositions organisms exploited humans past. As emerges from its pre-paradigmatic phase, revolution gathers pace, way open for challenging many long-held hypotheses offering new perspectives on study

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