ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES FORT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, MANITOBA, CANADA

Summary

Cork, wood, and glass samples recovered from two barrels and two incomplete bottles

at the Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site in northern Manitoba, Canada, were submitted

for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier

Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis is used to provide

information regarding the contents of the barrels and two glass bottles. A piece of birch bark

bearing a dark red stain from a birch bark container was submitted for identification of this stain.

This piece of bark had been conserved and cleaned, making the stain more visible. A flat rock

that exhibited a beige to brown coating also was recovered at the site and submitted for

analysis of this deposit.

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