Carbonization of peas and wheat (2004)

Title: Carbonization of peas and wheat - a window into the past: a laboratory study
Author: Freek Braadbaart
University: University of Amsterdam
Year: 2004
Type of document: PhD thesis
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From the Summary:

In most cases the remains left over from past societies have been hidden in the soil for centuries before being excavated by archaeologists. The properties of the remains themselves, the influence of the biological, physical and chemical conditions of the environment in which the remains have been hidden or the changes of these conditions during the long time between the deposition in the soil and the excavation may have all affected the remains.

Table of contents (short version):

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Laboratory simulations of the transformation of peas as a result of heat treatment: changes of the physical and chemical properties
Chapter 3. Laboratory simulations of the transformation of peas as a result of heating: the change of the molecular composition by DTMS
Chapter 4. Heating experiments under anoxic conditions on varieties of wheat
Chapter 5. Laboratory simulations of the transformation of emmer wheat as a result of heating
Chapter 6. Digital imaging analysis of size and shape of wheat and pea as a result of heating under anoxic conditions as a function of the temperature
Chapter 7. Propagules exposed to different heating conditions
Chapter 8. Conclusions and implications for archaeology

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