Looking for ancient wine as gift for the Principe of Lavau (5th c. BC) |
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| Nicolas Garnier, Bastien Dubuis |
- Abstract:
- The excavations in Lavau brought in light a large monumental necropolis with a burial mound in its center overlying the inviolate chieftain 's grave from the end of the 1st Iron Age or beginning of the 2nd one. In the funerary chamber a rich furniture accompanies the dead: a bronze cauldron containing serving and drinking vessels in ceramic, silver, and bronze, two bronze plates, and a cist. As the inner surface of the cauldron presents visible deposits, a series of samples was taken off from different parts of the cauldron and the local oenochoe. Using a doublestep methodology of extraction and structural analysis by GC-MS, main biomarkers have been identified. The high sensitive and selective method and its efficiency for dissolving particularly insoluble markers from fruits, all owed the identification of coniferous pitch and fermented dark grape juice (red juice). For the first time, the interdisciplinary research of archaeologists and chemists highlight the content of rich vessel used for the funerary banquet.
- Download:
- IMEKO-TC4-ARCHAEO-2016-11.pdf
- DOI:
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- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC4
- Event name:
- MetroArchaeo 2016
- Title:
International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural heritage (TC4)
- Place:
- Torino, ITALY
- Time:
- 19 October 2016 - 21 October 2016