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ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM REDDING’S MIDDLE ENCAMPMENT (CT 117-109), FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT (2012)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa K. Logan.

Fire-affected rock samples from collapsed fireplaces at the historic Middle Encampment site in Redding, Connecticut were submitted for organic residue analysis. Samples were tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Organic residue analysis provides information concerning the compounds that were extracted from the fireaffected rock. Information concerning foods that might have been processed in association with fireplaces at this site is derived from...