Infrared spectroscopy refines chronological assessment, depositional environment and pyrolysis conditions of archeological charcoals.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 07 2020
24 07 2020
Historique:
received:
14
02
2020
accepted:
10
07
2020
entrez:
26
7
2020
pubmed:
28
7
2020
medline:
28
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Based on infrared spectral characteristics, six archeological sample sets of charcoals from German (5) and Brazilian (1) sites, covering the time span from the nineteenth century CE to 3950 BCE, were compared to a chronological (present to the fifteenth century BCE) series of Austrian charcoals. A typical chronological trend of several bands (stretch vibrations: O-C-O of carboxylates at 1,585-1,565 and 1,385-1,375 cm
Identifiants
pubmed: 32709969
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69445-6
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-69445-6
pmc: PMC7381679
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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