ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS ON CERAMIC SHERDS FROM AN ISOLATED POT DROP IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

Summary

Seven ceramic sherds from an isolated pot drop in the Guadalupe Mountains, Eddy

County, New Mexico, were submitted for organic residue analysis. The sherds were tested as a

group, rather than individually, for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared

Spectroscopy (FTIR). FTIR analysis will be used to provide information on the materials stored

in the vessel, and to infer its possible use and function. It is hoped these analyses will shed

light on the prehistoric use of ceramics in southeastern New Mexico.

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