Archaeology context

Varney, T. 1994 Characterization of collagen in histologically modified bone derived from an archaeological context. MSc Thesis, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. 

The nature and properties of the organic substances, the ways in which humans have used them, and the information that may be derived from the study of their composition and characteristics in archaeological contexts are discussed in the chapters that follow. 

Stein, J. K. and W. R. Farrand (2001), Sediments in Archaeological Context, Univ. Utah, Salt Lake City. 

The fatty acid percentage composition of some fresh lipids which may be encountered in an archaeological context or in a painting is reported in Table 1.3. 

In the following sections, common features of gas chromatographic procedures applied to proteinaceous material identification in paint are discussed such as sample pretreatments and data analysis. Finally, a section is devoted to the recognition of the amino acid racemisation in ancient proteins encountered mostly in archaeological contexts. 

A comprehensive survey of the chemistry of natural resins relevant to art historical and archaeological contexts is given in Mills and White (1994 95-128) and is not repeated here. Rather, those aspects of structure and chemistry relating to molecular transformation and to the composition of aged resins encountered in archaeological contexts will be emphasized. 

Beck et al. (1997) used GC-MS to monitor the increase in the proportion of retene in pine tars with increasing temperature, and 13C-NMR to monitor the increased aromatic signal resulting from dehydrogenation and decarboxylation reactions. These data allow approximate determinations of the production temperature of a tar from the molecular composition. Diterpenoid molecules of probable pine origin have been detected in many archaeological contexts and some detailed compositional studies have appeared (Robinson et al, 1987 Heron and Pollard, 1988 Beck et al., 1989 Reunanen et al., 1989 Beck et al, 1994). 

Dillehay, T.D. (1997). Monte Verde A Late Pleistocene settlement in Chile. Vol. 2 The archaeological context and interpretation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 

It used to be thought that the survival of organic remains was only to be expected in a limited number of unusual preservational environments, such as extreme aridity, cold, or waterlogging, or as a result of deliberate action such as mummification. With more sensitive analytical techniques, however, the preservation of a wide range of biomolecules has now been demonstrated in a much wider range of far less exceptional archaeological contexts. 

Many of the organic residues found in archaeological contexts are associated with ceramic vessels the additional data provided by such analyses can,... 

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