Embalming as a Source of Contamination for Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian Mummies: On a New Chemical Protocol to Extract Bitumen

Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian mummies could be challenged by embalming materials, especially bitumen which is attested in textual sources as being used during the Late Period. Six Egyptian mummies held at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon (France) have been radiocarbon dated, among which two embalm...

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Principais autores:	Quiles, Anita, Delqué-Količ, Emmanuelle, Bellot-Gurlet, Ludovic, Comby-Zerbino, Clothilde, Ménager, Matthieu, Paris, Céline, Souprayen, Christelle, Vieillescazes, Cathy, Andreu-Lanoë, Guillemette, Madrigal, Karine
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Presses universitaires de Rennes 2014
Assuntos:	mummy radiocarbon dating bitumen embalming ritual extraction protocol Infrared Spectroscopy momie bitume datation par carbone 14 protocole d’extraction rituel d’embaumement spectroscopie infrarouge
Acesso em linha:	https://doi.org/10.4000/archeosciences.4222 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/a1mj https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/4222
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