ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF CERAMIC GRATER BOWLS FROM POSTCLASSIC MAYAN SITES IN THE CENTRAL PETÉN LAKES REGION OF EL PETÉN, GUATEMALA

Author(s): Melissa K. Logan

Year: 2009

Summary

Twenty-seven ceramic grater bowl fragments recovered from the Postclassic Mayan

sites of Ixlu, Nixtun Ch’ich’, Tayasal, Tipu, and Zacpeten in the central Petén lakes region of El

Petén, Guatemala were submitted for organic residue analysis and tested using Fourier

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

information concerning the possible foods processed in the grater bowls.

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ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF CERAMIC GRATER BOWLS FROM POSTCLASSIC MAYAN SITES IN THE CENTRAL PETÉN LAKES REGION OF EL PETÉN, GUATEMALA. Melissa K. Logan. 2009 ( tDAR id: 379845) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8G160CZ

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