Format:
Online-Ressource (296p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Chemistry and Materials Science
ISBN:
9789401001939
Series Statement:
NATO ASI Series, Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 117
Content:
The book delineates the contours of molecular and structural archaeology as an emergent interdisciplinary field based on structural analysis at the molecular level and examines novel methodologies to reconstruct the synthesis and long-term transformation of materials used in antiquity. The focus of this volume is on cosmetic and therapeutic materials. As such, it casts an entirely new light on the knowledge possessed by the ancients, based on the complete identification of complex materials and preparations found in closed vessels in ancient tombs. It appears that as early as 2000 BCE the necessary technology was available to conduct wet chemical synthesis of new compounds not known as natural products. The materials as we analyze them today, of course, have their own prior history, and disentangling the effects of extreme long-term storage forms part of the puzzle, which may possibly be resolved by means of simulation experiments
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781402014994
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781402014994
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781402014987
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789401001946
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-010-0193-9
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