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dc.contributor.advisor | Russ, Jon L. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Prodanovich, Natalie S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Carmody, Stephen | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-21T20:43:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-05-21T20:43:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018-04-27 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10267/33570 | - |
dc.description | Presentation by Natalie Prodanovich ('18) and Stephen Carmody delivered at the Rhodes College Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium (URCAS). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Prior to the production of pottery 3000 years ago, humans would often carve large bowls out of rock, usually soapstone. Samples of such an artifact from the Thrash site, a Late Archaic period (3,000-1000B.P,) site in Pike Country, Alabama, have been subjected to a three step process for identifying fatty acids, the primary substance of foodstuffs. We used gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) to analyze samples from the artifact along with samples of natural soapstone. The presence of different fatty acids can provide information about prehistoric dietary habits, whether from fish, mammals and/or plants. For the analysis, however, the fatty acids must be converted (derivatized) to fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). We used a method that converts triacylglycerides into FAMES in a one step process. These fatty acids will be correlated to a range of plants and animals that came into an extended period of contact with the artifact. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Memphis, Tenn. : Rhodes College | en_US |
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dc.subject | URCAS | en_US |
dc.subject | Symposiums | en_US |
dc.subject | Student research | en_US |
dc.subject | 2018 Spring | en_US |
dc.subject | Class of 2018 | en_US |
dc.subject | Chemistry, Department of | en_US |
dc.title | Derivatization and Detection of FAMEs in Ancient North American Soapstone Artifacts | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium |
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