Ceramic vessel 25. Grave 201. Cemetery of La Noria (Fuente de Piedra, Málaga, Spain)

Plate. Grave 201 of the Iberian cemetery of La Noria (Fuente de Piedra, Málaga, Spain). Handmade and oxidising atmosphere. It has no decoration. The analysis of lipid contents was carried out using GC-MS and HPLC-APCI-MS, obtaining a characteristic lipid profile of ruminant animal fat.

The interpretation is based on the identification of a set of chemical markers obtained after the joint application of these two techniques: volatile or short-chain fatty acids (C12:0 and C14:0), fatty acids with number odd carbon atoms and their corresponding chain isomers (C15:0, i-C15:0, C17:0, i-C17:0), positional isomer of oleic acid (i-C18:1), where unsaturation (double bond) presents a different position in the hydrocarbon chain, TAGs formed mainly by saturated fatty acids (myristic: M, palmitic: P, stearic: S). The analysis by HPLC-APCI-MS determines a P/S index in sn-2 position of 54/46, indicative of ruminant animal fats.

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Dimensions

: 15 Centimeters

: 7 Centimeters

Materials

pottery

Temporal

: Iberians, Iberian

: Late 6th ct. BC-early 5th ct. BC

Spatial

: Cemetery of La Noria

: Fuente de Piedra, Málaga, Spain

: WGS84

 

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Activities

Archaeometric analysis

Chromatographic analysis and structural determination

Ceramic. Contents analysis

University Research Center for Iberian Archaeology

Gass Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Pottery. Lipids analysis

Destructive method for the identification of the total lipid profile: fatty acids, sterols, wax esters, fatty alcohols, triacylglycerols, etc.; ; Any remains of soil were removed with an electric hand-drill. The sample was then grinded to the appropriate size in an agatha mortar (0.25 mm).; ; Extraction with a mixture chloroform/methanol (CHCl3:MeOH) (2:1 v/v) assisted by ultrasound. Derivatization of lipids to trimethylsilyl derivatives (TMS). The reaction takes place at 70 ° C for 30 min using N,O-bis- (trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA), with 1% trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS). The sample is solved in cyclohexane and then injected in GC-MS. Chromatographic separation is performed applying a adequate temperature program.

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)

Gas chromatograph Thermo TraceGC Ultra coupled to a Thermo DC Q II mass spectrometer. Autosampler Thermo Triplus (CICT, University of Jaén) and equipped with a 15 m x 0.25 mm I.D. fused silica capillary column, coated with poly(dimethylsiloxane) stationary phase with 0.1 μm film thickness. Helium (He) is used as the carrier gas.

High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Ceramic. Lipids analysis

Destructive method for the identification of TAGs content. Any remains of soil were removed with an electric hand-drill. The sample was then grinded to the appropriate size in an agatha mortar (0.25 mm).; ; Extraction with a mixture chloroform/methanol (CHCl3:MeOH) (2:1 v/v) assisted by ultrasound. Derivatization is no needed. Lipid extract is solved in isopropanol and then injected in HPLC-APCI-MS. Chromatographic separation is performed applying a adequate mobile phase gradient (mixture of isopropanol and methanol).

High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization-Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-APCI-MS)

Agilent 1290 Infinity HPLC system connected to an Agilent 6220 TOF (time-of-flight) mass spectrometer equipped with APCI (Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization) interface. (Departement of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University of Jaén). Chromatographic column Zorbax Eclipse Plus C18 (150 mm x 4.6 mm, 1.8 μm particle size)

 

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