Published December 7, 2019 | Version v1
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Archaeological bitumen from Tell Abraq - GC-MS & d13C data

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Ghent University

Description

This dataset belongs to a research that was carried out on bitumen excavated at Tell Abraq, a Bronze Age period site located in the United Arab Emirates.

Several bitumen samples from various contexts were sampled and subjected to both GC-MS and Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis. 
This dataset holds:
-Measured d13C values
-GC-MS Raw Data (registered by Agilent Software)
-Peak surfaces and molecular ratios (both .xlsx and .csv format, both are identical)
-Photos linked to the samples

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References

  • Van de Velde T., Magee P. & Lynen F. 2017. The bitumen imports at Tell Abraq - tracing the second millennium BC bitumen industry in south-east Arabia. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 47: 227-238