Traces of Fatty Acids from a Byzantine Sounding Lead Recovered off the Israeli Coast

Fatty acids, typical to large herbivores, were isolated from a 7th century Byzantine sounding lead recovered from a shipwreck off Dor, an ancient anchorage in Northern Israel. The fatty acids survived by being sheltered in an anaerobic environment provided through a site formation process induced by...

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Published in:Journal of archaeological science 2001-12, Vol.28 (12), p.1323-1327
Main Authors: Rosen, Baruch, Galili, Ehud, Sharvit, Jacob
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BYZANTINE, MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY, NAVIGATION, FATTY ACIDS, ISRAEL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESIDUE IDENTIFICATION
Excavation and methods
Laboratory methods
Methodology and general studies
Physical and chemical analysis
Prehistory and protohistory
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Summary:Fatty acids, typical to large herbivores, were isolated from a 7th century Byzantine sounding lead recovered from a shipwreck off Dor, an ancient anchorage in Northern Israel. The fatty acids survived by being sheltered in an anaerobic environment provided through a site formation process induced by the disintegrating wreck. Previously established identification criteria for fatty acids, absorbed in ceramics, were used to show that tallow was used in this navigational instrument in the Eastern Mediterranean during late antiquity.
ISSN:0305-4403
1095-9238
DOI:10.1006/jasc.2001.0660