Croft, Shannon Charmaine Klassen, Chatzipanagis, Konstantinos, Kröger, Roland orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-0297 et al. (1 more author) (2018) Misleading residues on lithics from Star Carr:identification with Raman microspectroscopy. Journal of archaeological science. pp. 430-438. ISSN 0305-4403
Abstract
Ancient trace residues left on stone artefacts by people represent a source of potentially fruitful data about diet, technology, and behaviour, but their investigation is not problem-free. Rather, correct identification of degraded residues and determination of their natural or anthropogenic origin remains at the heart of current methodological development in lithic residue analysis. It is increasingly becoming clear that reflected visible light microscopy (VLM) is insufficient to make secure identifications of ambiguous residues. Confocal Raman microspectroscopy (micro-Raman) is a non-destructive technique that can identify the specific molecular nature of microscopic residues with high spatial resolution. Here, the identification of artefact residues as anthropogenic by visual inspection alone was found to be incorrect in all cases tested. Micro-Raman provided the key source of information to unambiguously determine the chemical nature of residues and hence their origin.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Confocal Raman microspectroscopy (micro-Raman),Gypsum,Iron oxide,Non-anthropogenic residues,Quartz,Reflected visible light microscopy (VLM) |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2018 14:20 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:27 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.03.018 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.03.018 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129167 |
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