This tutorial review combines the fundamentals of the design and operation of lasers with
their usage in applications related to conservation and cultural heritage (CH) science–as …

Lipid characterization in art and archeology, together with the study of lipid degradation
processes, is an important research area in heritage science. Lipid‐based materials have …

Imaging mass spectrometry is a label-free imaging modality that allows for the spatial
mapping of many compounds directly in tissues. In an imaging mass spectrometry …

The determination of fatty acid composition using quantitative gas chromatographic (GC)
analysis is a common method of characterizing fats and oils. A wide variety of derivatization …

In the study of ancient diet, lipid analysis of archaeological pottery residues has become a
major investigative tool. Lipids absorb readily into clay vessels during cooking or processing …

The paper deals with determination of mass spectrometric diffusion parameters (D SD)
based on our stochastic dynamic approach to treat quantitatively the experimental variable …

The first attempts to identify amorphous organic substances in archaeology date to the end
of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The 1960s saw the development …

Organic residue analysis (ORA) is a valuable tool for the study of ancient diets, but
conventional methods remain limited in terms of taxonomic identification or to resolve …

In this paper, an interdisciplinary investigation was carried out to study if Santa María tricolor
style vessels were used as culinary equipment in a 14th century ad domestic cooking space …

This chapter will provide an overview on the state of the art of the current practice and
methodology of the analysis of the organic residues (ORA) in archaeology. By considering …