Ceramic vessel 139. Grave 231. Cemetery of La Noria (Fuente de Piedra, Málaga, Spain)

Bowl. Grave 231 of burial mound H of the Iberian cemetery of La Noria (Fuente de Piedra, Málaga, Spain). Wheelmade pottery, oxidising firing. It has no decoration. The analysis of lipid contents has been performed using GC-MS and HPLC-APCI-MS. The chemical indicators identified by the joint use of these two techniques show a mixture of ruminant, non-ruminant animal fat and beeswax.

The chemical markres of beeswax identified are: odd-chain alkanes (nC27-nC31), fatty alcohols [C24 (OH) -C30 (OH)] and esters of palmitic acid waxes (W40 -W48).

In the case of animal fat, the profile of TAGs obtained by HPLC-APCI-MS shows the presence of a mixture of ruminant fat (highly saturated TAGs SSP, PPS, SSS), with non-ruminant (abundant TAGs, formed mainly by oleic and palmitic acids PPO, OOP, PPP, with a higher concentration of the latter compared to ruminant fat). The study by HPLC-APCI-MS determines a P/S ratio in sn-2 position of 73/27. This intermediate value would confirm the mix of both types of fats.

Condition: New product

Dimensions

Alto : 4 Centimeters

Ancho : 16 Centimeters

Materials

pottery

Temporal

Period name : Iberians, Iberian

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

Spatial

Location : Cemetery of La Noria

Geopolitical area : Fuente de Piedra (Málaga, Spain)

Spatial reference system : WGS84

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References

Article - Andrino, M., Sánchez, P. J., Cumpían, A. y López, S. (2008):“Una necrópolis de incineración de las etapas iniciales de la Edad del Hierro en la comarca de Antequera. Resultados de la intervención arqueológica de urgencia en la parcela ur-6, Fuente de Piedra, Málaga”. Varia, 9. 359-378.

Chapter - Ruiz, A., Molinos, M., Cano, M.F., Montes, E., Ortuño, E. (2017): "El túmulo C de la necrópolis de la Noria (Fuente de Piedra). ¿La tumba de dos mujeres?", en: Ruiz, A. y Molinos, M. (Eds.), Catálogo de la exposición La Dama, el Príncipe, el Héroe y la Diosa. Conserjería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía, Sevilla, pp. 119-128.

Legal document - Resolución de 18 de noviembre de 2008, de la Dirección General de Bienes Culturales, por la que se incoa el procedimiento para la inscripción en el Catálogo General del Patrimonio Histórico Andaluz, como Bien de Interés Cultural, con la tipología de Zona Arqueológica, la necrópolis protohistórica de La Noria, en Fuente de Piedra, Málaga.

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Activities

Archaeometric analysis

Physical-chemical analysis

Chromatographic analysis and structural determination

University Research Center for Iberian Archaeology

Gass Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Pottery. Contents 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

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

Pottery. Contents 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)