Analytical methods to differentiate Romanian amber and Baltic amber for archaeological applications

• Authors: Eugenia Teodor , Simona Liţescu , Antonela Neacşu , Georgiana Truică , Camelia Albu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study aims to establish several definite criteria which will differentiate Romanian amber and Baltic amber to certify the local or Baltic origin of the materials found in archaeological sites on the Romanian territory, by using light microscopy and performing analytical methods, such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy-variable angle reflectance and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry detection. Experiments especially by Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, were applied to a wide range of samples with controlled origin. The methods were optimised and resulted in premises to apply the techniques to analysis of the archaeological material. [...]

Keywords

EN

Romanian amber; FTIR-VAR; LC-MS; Light microscopy

• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 560-568

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2009

online

21 - 6 - 2009

Contributors

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Eugenia Teodor

• National Institute for Biological Sciences, Centre of Bioanalysis, Bucharest, 060031, Romania,

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Simona Liţescu

• National Institute for Biological Sciences, Centre of Bioanalysis, Bucharest, 060031, Romania

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Antonela Neacşu

• University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, Bucharest, 010041, Romania

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Georgiana Truică

• National Institute for Biological Sciences, Centre of Bioanalysis, Bucharest, 060031, Romania

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Camelia Albu

• National Institute for Biological Sciences, Centre of Bioanalysis, Bucharest, 060031, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-009-0053-8