Organic Mass Spectrometry in Art and Archaeology

List of Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Preface.
PART I INTRODUCTION.
1 Organic Materials in Art and Archaeology (Maria PerlaColombini and Francesca Modugno).
2 Overview of Mass Spectrometric Based Techniques Applied in theCultural Heritage Field (Gianluca Giorgi).
PART II DIRECT MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS.
3 Direct Mass Spectrometric Techniques: Versatile Tools toCharacterise Resinous Materials (Erika Ribechini).
4 Direct Mass Spectrometry to Characterise Wax and LipidMaterials (Martine Regert).
5 GALDI-MS Applied to Characterise Natural Varnishes and Binders(Patrick Dietemann and Christoph Herm).
6 MALDI-MS Applied to the Analysis of Protein Paint Binders(Stepanka Kuckova, Radovan Hynek and MilanKodicek).
PART III GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY.
7 GC/MS in the Characterization of Lipids (Maria PerlaColombini, Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini).
8 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Resinous Materials(Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini).
9 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Protein Paint Binders(Maria Perla Colombini and Gwenae¨lle Gautier).
10 SPME/GC-MS in the Characterisation of Terpenic Resins(Jean Bleton and Alain Tchapla).
11 Py-GC/MS of Organic Paint Binders (Ilaria Bonaduce andAlessia Andreotti).
12 Py-GC/MS of Natural and Synthetic Resins (DominiqueScalarone and Oscar Chiantore).
PART IV LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY.
13 Characterization of Organic Natural Dyes by Electrospray MassSpectrometry Coupled with HPLC and/or Capillary Electrophoresis(Katarzyna Lech, Katarzyna Polec´-Pawlak and MaciejJarosz).
PART V OTHER MS-BASED TECHNIQUES.
14 Compound-specific Stable Isotopes in Organic Residue Analysisin Archaeology (Richard P. Evershed).
15 ToF-SIMS Study of Organic Materials in Cultural Heritage:Identification and Chemical Imaging (Vincent Mazel and PascaleRichardin).
16 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for ¯14C Dating(Mariaelena Fedi).
Index.