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Table 8 Results of the GC–MS analyses of the organic fraction extracted from four ceramic samples

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

Sample

Identified compounds

Identified material

KLR-8008

Mono-, hydroxy- and di-carboxylic fatty acids (linear and branched). Long chain linear and branched alcohols and alkanes/alkenes. Long chain ketones

Oxidised glycerolipids of animal and plant origin, plant waxes. Lipid Material submitted to heating

KLR-8009

Mono-, hydroxy- and di-carboxylic fatty acids (linear and branched). Long chain linear and branched alcohols and alkanes/alkenes

Oxidised glycerolipids of animal and plant origin, plant waxes

KLR-8012,

KLR-8016

Mono-, hydroxy- and di-carboxylic fatty acids (linear and branched)

Oxidised glycerolipids of animal and plant origin, plant waxes