Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences

We encourage you to read the latest scientific article published in the journal Molecules by a team of authors including Dr Magdalena Suchora (Department of Geomorphology and Palaeogeography MCSU):

Kalisz G., Gieroba B., Chrobak O., Suchora M., Starosta A.L., Sroka-Bartnicka A., 2021. Vibrational Spectroscopic Analyses and Imaging of the Early Middle Ages Hemp Bast Fibres Recovered from Lake Sediments. Molecules 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26051314

This paper presents the results of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic analyses and imaging combined with hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA). The methods were applied to analyse biochemical properties of early medieval hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) bast fibres collected from bottom sediments of Lake Słone. The authors showed that spectroscopic methods allow non-destructive assessment of the biochemical composition of plant fibres without the need for preparation, which is highly applicable to the study of ancient plant remains.

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