Traces of fatty acids from a Byzantine sounding lead recovered off the Israeli Coast

Baruch Rosen, Ehud Galili, Jacob Sharvit

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Abstract

Fatty acids, typical to large herbivores, were isolated from a 7th century Byzantine sounding lead recovered from a shipwreck off Dor, an ancient anchorage in Northern Israel. The fatty acids survived by being sheltered in an anaerobic environment provided through a site formation process induced by the disintegrating wreck. Previously established identification criteria for fatty acids, absorbed in ceramics, were used to show that tallow was used in this navigational instrument in the Eastern Mediterranean during late antiquity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1323-1327
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Archaeological Science
Volume28
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Archaeological residue identification
  • Byzantine
  • Fatty acids
  • Israel
  • Marine archaeology
  • Navigation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Archaeology
  • Archaeology

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