Summary Evidence for Other Organic Substances

Aside from the characterization of birch bark tar, higher plant resins and their heated derivatives and beeswax, what potential remains for the identification of other organic substances used in prehistoric Europe This short summary intends to whet the appetite by briefly reviewing recent investigations and 

Clearly there is considerable further potential for using archaeological chemistry to identify a wide range of naturally occurring organic molecules used in the past. This will undoubtedly contribute substantially to our 

Anderson, K.B. and Botto, R.E. (1993). The nature and fate of natural resins in the geosphere III re-evaluation of the structure and composition of highgate copalite and glessite. Organic Geochemistry 20 1027-1038. 

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