Corinthian ‘plastic’ vases

Biers, W. R., K. O. Gerhardt, and R. A. Braniff (1994), Lost Scents Investigation of Corinthian Plastic Vases by Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry, Univ. Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. 

In another study carried out by Biers et al (1994), the residual contents of intact Corinthian plastic vases of the 7-6th Centuries BC were analysed nondestructive by pouring solvent into the vessels and decanting. A large number of mono-, sesqui- and diterpenoids were identified in the solvent washes. The diterpenoid, manoyl oxide [Structure 7.15] was identified in 16 vases. This molecule is found in the bark of Pinus and Abies spp. and in the essential oils of the Cupressaceae family including Juniperus oxycedrus. 

Biers, W.R., Gerhardt, K.O. and Braniff, R.A. (1994). Lost Scents Investigations of Corinthian Plastic Vases by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology Volume 11,... 

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