Organic Residue Analysis in Bronze Age/Iron Age pottery, soils, and adobes from the Southern Iberian Peninsula

Creators: Revert Francés, Elena^{1, 2}; Bartelheim, Martin²; Rageot, Maxime³

1. CRC 1070 ResourceCultures
2. University of Tübingen
3. University of Bonn

Data collectors:: Mittelstädt, Katja¹; Öztürk, Gökce²; Demirkesen, Ilgin Yaren¹

Data curator:: Rentschler, Tobias¹

1. University of Tübingen
2. Harvard University

Description

The dataset contains the data associated with organic residue analysis (ORA), including chromatograms in .csv and .MzML formats, alongside Excel tables detailing sampling information. This repository entry pertains to the ORA analysis, conducted in the laboratory of the University of Tübingen under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Maxime Rageot (currently at the University of Bonn).

The primary objective of this ORA analysis was to identify traces of Phoenician presence or evidence of trade with the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as to examine variations in pottery usage and the nature of commodities processed before and after the Phoenicians' arrival in the Iberian Peninsula (approximately the 9th century BC).

Technical info

Analysis The analysis was performed by Gas Chromatography (GC) and GC-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) using an Agilent Technologies 7890B GC System series chromatograph including Agilent Technologies Capillary Flow-Technology Three-Way Splitter Kit coupled to an Agilent Technologies 5977A MSD and FID. The analyses were carried out using helium as a carrier gas, with a split/splitless injection system (Gerstel Multi-Purpose-Sampler and Gerstel Cold-Injection-System 4), operating in the splitless mode with a purge flow of 3.0ml min–1 and a constant pressure at the head of the column of 8.6667 psi. Samples were analysed using an Agilent J&W DB-5HT-column (15m × 0.32mm i.d.; 0.1μm film thickness) and divided in two equal parts using 0.18mm non-coated, deactivated silica capillary columns (0.66m splitter-column to FID/ 1.52m splitter-column to MSD) with the Three-Way Splitter Kit. The inlet temperature was ramped from 30°C to 240°C at 12°C s-1 (held isothermally for 5min) and then increased to 350°C at 12°C s-1 (held isothermally for 10min). The temperature of the oven was set at 50°C for 1min followed by an increase to 100°C at 15°C min–1, then to 240°C at 6°C min–1 and to 350°C at 10°C min–1 (held isothermally for 20min). Mass spectra were acquired using electron ionization at 70 eV and obtained by scanning between m/z 50–950 in 1.562s. The interface and the ion source temperatures were 300°C and 280°C, respectively. The temperature of the FID detector was fixed at 340°C. Mass spectra were matched against the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) library, 2014 edition.

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