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Science 16 December 1983:
Vol. 222. no. 4629, pp. 1235 - 1236
DOI: 10.1126/science.222.4629.1235
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Determination of Thermal Histories of Archeological Cereal Grains with Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy

G. C. HILLMAN 1, G. V. ROBINS 1, D. ODUWOLE 2, K. D. SALES 2, and D. A. C. MCNEIL 3

1 Institute of Archaeology, University of London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H OPY England
2 Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary College, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
3 Department of Chemistry, The University, Leicester, LE1 7RH England

The thermal histories of archeological cereal grains were examined by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Studies with modern samples of heated cereal grain showed that the parameters of the electron spin resonance signal characterize the maximum temperature to which the sample had previously been heated. This technique has applicability in archeology and other disciplines.

Submitted on April 1, 1983
Accepted on September 29, 1983


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