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Table 7 Peak assignment for the GC/MS chromatograms of the neutral fractions of samples KLR-8008 and KLR-8012 in Fig. 6

From: Defining multiple inhabitations of a cave environment using interdisciplinary archaeometry: the ‘Christmas Cave’ of the Wadi en-Nar/Nahal Qidron, West of the Dead Sea

Peak #

Retention time (min)

Peak assignment

1

8.8

Tridecane

2

10.2

Tetradecane

3

12.2

Dodecanol

4

12.7

Hexadecane (IS1)

5

13.4

1-tridecanol

6

13.8

Heptadecane

7

14.3

Tridecanoic acid (IS2)

8

14.5

1-tetradecanol

9

15.6

1-pentadecanol

10

15.9

Phthalate (contaminant)

11

17.5

1-hexadecanol

12

18.9

Hexadecanoic acid

13

19.1

1-heptadecanol

14

20.4

1-octadecanol

15

21.5

Octadecanoic acid

16

21.6

1-nonadecanol

17

22.1

Tricosane

18

22.6

1-eicosanol

19

23.6

1-eneicosanol

20

24

Pentacosane

*

24.3

Phthalate (contaminant)

21

24.4

1-docosanol

22

25.7

Heptacosane

23

26.1

1-tetracosanol

24

27.9

Octacosane

25

28.4

1-hexacosanol

26

30.6

Nonacosan-14-one

27

32.4

Cholesterol

28

32.7

Triacontan-15-one

29

35.2

Hentriacontan-16-one

30

38.3

Dotriacontan-16-one

31

40.6

Tritriacontanone

32

42.3

Tritriaconten-16-one

33

41.4

Tritriacontan-16-one

34

45.1

Tetratriacontanone

35

45.7

Tetratriacontanone

36

47.1

Tetratriacontan-16-one

37

52

Pentatriaconten-18-one

38

53.4

Pentatriacontan-18-one

  1. All organic acids and alcohols are detected as their TMS esters and ethers, respectively