A compound obtained from an early Iron-Age wood tar via “Kugelrohr”-distillation or extraction was identified as betulin by TLC. 1H - and 13C - NMR as well as by mass spectroscopy.
This result validates the assumption that birch was used for the preparation of the archaeological wood tar found at the excavation in Stillfried a .d . March. Lower Austria.
Keywords: Birch Tar; Identification of Betulin; Betula alba; Organic Compounds in Archaeometry; Organic Materials in Archaeology
Received: 1987-7-17
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1987-12-1
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