Determination of Thermal Histories of Archeological Cereal Grains with Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
- 16 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 222 (4629) , 1235-1236
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.222.4629.1235
Abstract
The thermal histories of archeological cereal grains were examined by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Studies with modern samples of heated cereal grain showed that the parameters of the electron spin resonance signal characterize the maximum temperature to which the sample had previously been heated. This technique has applicability in archeology and other disciplines.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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