Image of a 5,000-year-old mineralized fiber from the archaeological site of Gonur-Depe (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Image of a 5,000-year-old mineralized fiber from the archaeological site of Gonur-Depe

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Image of a 5,000-year-old mineralized fiber from the archaeological site of Gonur-Depe (Turkmenistan) by synchrotron-based X-ray microtomography. The false color image shows that the fiber has preserved an organic character (blue) and has on its surface copper silicates (green) which played a major role in its preservation and soil compounds (red).

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Image credit: Corentin Reynaud

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