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100 mg amounts of glue on two copper-age arrowheads have been investigated by means of gas-chromatography/mass spectrometry and chemometrics. The samples have been identified as birch bark derivatives, but the distribution patterns of triterpenoids and steroids show significant differences to similar samples from younger archaeological periods that can be explained by the use of a different species of birch and a different method of preparation.
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Hayek, E.W.H., Krenmayr, P., Lohninger, H. et al. GC/MS and chemometrics in archaeometry. Fresenius J Anal Chem 340, 153–156 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00324471
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