Beeswax preserved in a Late Chalcolithic Bevelled Rim bowl from the Tehran Plain, Iran

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Abstract
This paper presents the observation of lipid residue, identified as beeswax, preserved in the ceramic matrix of a Late Chalcolithic (c. 3700–3000 BC) bevelled-rim bowl (BRB) from the site of Tepe Sofalin on the Tehran Plain. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used to separate and identify the lipid constituents preserved in the matrix of a BRB sherd. Lipid biomarkers were recovered including long-chain n-alkanes, n-alkenes, palmitic wax monoesters, fatty acids and n-alcohols characteristic of beeswax. In addition to two disaccharides, cholesterol and β-sitosterol as contaminants were retrieved by solvent soluble extraction from a number of different locations from the ceramic matrix of the analysed sherd.

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1. Mayyas A, Stern B, Coningham R, Fazeli Nashli H and Gillmore G (2012) Beeswax preserved in a Late Chalcolithic Bevelled Rim bowl from the Tehran Plain, Iran. The Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. 50: 13-25.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4723
3. https://doi.org/10.1080/05786967.2012.11834710

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Beeswax

Residue analysis

GC-MS

Ceramics

Bevelled-rim bowl

Tepe Chougali

Iran

Tehran Plain

Chalcolithic

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/4723
Date	January 2012
Creators	Mayyas, A., Stern, Ben, Gillmore, Gavin, Coningham, Robin A.E., Fazeli Nashli, H.
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, No full-text in the repository