Analyses of volatile organic compounds in archaeological artifacts
Zanella, Delphine
Promotor(s) : Focant, Jean-François
Date of defense : 27-Jun-2017 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/2469
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Title : | Analyses of volatile organic compounds in archaeological artifacts |
Translated title : | [fr] Analyses de composés organiques volatils dans les artefacts archéologiques. |
Author : | Zanella, Delphine |
Date of defense : | 27-Jun-2017 |
Advisor(s) : | Focant, Jean-François |
Committee's member(s) : | Rots, Veerle
Giri, Anupam Smargiasso, Nicolas |
Language : | English |
Number of pages : | 60 |
Keywords : | [en] Volatile organic compounds [en] GC×GC-TOFMS [en] Archaeology [en] Adhesives |
Discipline(s) : | Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences > Chemistry |
Funders : | The Organic and Biological Analytical Chemistry laboratory |
Research unit : | The Organic and Biological Analytical Chemistry laboratory |
Name of the research project : | Analyses of volatile organic compounds in archaeological artifacts. |
Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
Degree: | Master en sciences chimiques, à finalité spécialisée |
Faculty: | Master thesis of the Faculté des Sciences |
Abstract
[en] In this work, archaeological residues recovered from the Royal Tomb in Qatna, Syria, were analyzed to confirm previous hypothesis regarding their nature i.e. bones, textiles, wood or soft tissues. In addition, their different states of preservation were investigated. Such analysis of organic residues requires knowledge of the degradation pathway involved. Therefore, the analysis of natural non-treated and heated substances, comprising resins, waxes, tars and glues, was investigated to get insight into thermally induced degradation. A comparison of the two sets of samples will reveal the different states of preservation of the samples recovered in Qatna. Moreover, the presence of Royal purple dye within the textiles was investigated. Since previous analyses have proved the presence of Royal Purple dyestuff, it was expected to identify specific analytes of this dyestuff within the textile remains.
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