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ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF A MORTAR FROM THE TULE CREEK VILLAGE (CA-SNI-25), SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, CHANNEL ISLANDS, CALIFORNIA (2012)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Melissa K. Logan.

A sandstone mortar recovered from the Tule Creek Village (CA-SNI-25) on San Nicolas Island in the Channel Islands of California was submitted for organic residue analysis. The artifact was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). This analysis provides information concerning the compounds that were extracted from the mortar. Information concerning foods that might have been ground using the mortar is derived from matches with our reference library of raw...