Fuel for thought? Beeswax in lamps and conical cups from late Minoan Crete

被引：124

作者：

Evershed, RP

Vaughan, SJ

Dudd, SN

Soles, JS

机构：

[1] Univ Bristol, Sch Chem, Organ Geochem Unit, Bristol BS8 1TS, Avon, England

[2] Geoarchaeol Res Grp, Dept Geol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, Avon, England

[3] England & Amer Sch Class Studies, Wiener Lab, GR-10676 Athens, Greece

[4] Univ N Carolina, Coll Arts & Sci, Dept Class Studies, Greensboro, NC 27412 USA

来源：

ANTIQUITY | 1997年 / 71卷 / 274期

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D O I：

10.1017/S0003598X00085860

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 [人类学];

摘要：

What was burned in lamps in the prehistoric Mediterranean? Olive oil, as one would first suppose? Analysis of absorbed lipids preserved in the fabric of lamps and conical cups from the Minoan site of Mochlos in eastern Crete shows for the first time that beeswax was used as an illuminant.

引用

页码：979 / 985

页数：7

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