Table 1 Percentage of peak area and retention times (RT) of fatty acids and biomarkers present in lab produced (L1), ash mound (AM1), condensation (C1, C2), pit roll (PR1, PR2), and raised structure (RS1, RS2) tars.

From: Identifying Palaeolithic birch tar production techniques: challenges from an experimental biomolecular approach

Compound

RT

L1

AM1

C1

C2

RS1

RS2

PR1

PR2

Guaiacol-TMS

11.1

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.00

Glycerol, 3TMS derivative

11.7

0.22

0.00

0.26

0.30

0.00

0.00

0.12

0.00

Catechol, 2TMS derivative

12.4

0.00

0.00

0.26

0.84

0.00

0.00

0.42

0.00

Levoglucosan, 3TMS derivative

19.3

0.00

0.00

0.69

1.44

0.00

0.00

0.16

0.00

Tetramethylnaphthalene

20.2

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.86

0.00

0.09

0.00

Pentadecanoic acid, TMS derivative

24.8

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.38

0.00

0.07

0.00

Palmitic acid TMS derivative

27.0

0.50

0.02

0.57

0.66

1.77

0.23

0.62

0.00

Bisphenol A, 2TMS derivative

27.3

6.54

0.00

2.95

2.30

1.29

0.00

0.83

0.00

Heptadecanoic acid, TMS derivative

29.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.50

0.00

0.06

0.00

9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-, TMS derivative

30.0

0.00

0.00

1.30

0.98

2.06

0.25

0.28

0.26

9-Octadecenoic acid, (E)-, TMS derivative/13-Octadecenoic acid, (E)-, TMS derivative

31.1

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.50

0.00

0.08

0.00

Stearic acid, TMS derivative

31.3

0.14

0.01

0.19

0.13

1.10

0.22

1.15

0.00

cis-13-Eicosenoic acid

33.0

0.00

0.00

0.43

0.00

5.37

1.48

0.73

0.00

10-Nonadecenoic acid, (Z)-, TMS derivative

34.6

0.00

0.00

3.21

1.92

0.00

0.00

0.16

0.00

11-Eicosenoic acid, (E)-,TMS derivative

35.1

0.00

0.00

1.02

0.77

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.16

Erucic acid

36.8

0.00

0.15

0.71

0.43

4.45

2.22

0.96

0.00

Heneicosanoic acid, TMS derivative

37.2

0.00

0.00

0.55

0.39

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.18

13-Docosenoic acid, (Z)-, TMS derivative

38.9

0.00

0.00

2.96

2.27

0.00

0.17

0.06

0.33

Behenic acid, TMS derivative

39.0

0.13

0.00

1.02

0.95

0.23

0.21

0.02

0.16

10,12-Docosadiynedioic acid, 2TMS derivative

41.0

0.00

0.00

0.71

0.31

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

lupadiene

46.0

23.17

6.78

1.84

1.53

0.50

11.53

1.95

6.10

α-Betulin I

46.4

0.00

1.95

6.46

6.84

7.54

0.00

5.65

1.04

Lupadienol, TMS derivative

47.6

8.71

1.21

0.00

0.00

0.50

2.57

1.47

2.78

48.6

5.79

7.63

14.74

14.68

0.50

1.90

6.34

4.33

Allobetul-2-ene

49.5

48.70

2.04

1.21

1.00

12.17

3.22

1.32

1.33

Lupenone

50.6

0.00

2.67

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.42

0.00

0.65

Lupeol trimethylsilyl ether

51.0

0.00

23.50

0.44

3.83

5.21

23.91

4.51

24.63

Betulone, TMS derivative

52.8

0.00

1.50

1.81

1.63

0.50

0.00

0.96

0.00

Betulin, bisTMS

53.2

0.00

44.52

53.67

54.34

31.52

49.76

66.79

56.03

Betulinic acid, O,O-bis-TMS

53.5

0.00

7.45

2.97

2.45

0.11

0.91

3.91

2.02

3-Oxoallobetulane

53.9

6.10

0.57

0.00

0.00

2.27

0.00

0.44

0.00

Oleanolic acid 2TMS

54.5

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.81

0.00

β-Amyrin

NA

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

  1. Lupadienol was identified by peaks with retention times at both 47.6 and 48.6.