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Table 1 Elemental composition of the three ceramic samples groups and the whole assemblage

From: Non-destructive characterisation and classification of ceramic artefacts using pEDXRF and statistical pattern recognition

Variable

BUBANJ (n = 13)

PLOCNIK (n = 25)

VINCA (n = 29)

ALL (n = 67)

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Si

14.46 ± 4.32

8.87 ± 3.85

13.38 ± 4.16

11.91 ± 4.68

K

55.01 ± 9.72

24.31 ± 9.48

37.89 ± 8.98

36.14 ± 14.44

Ca

40.61 ± 12.30

44.00 ± 28.05

56.38 ± 21.44

48.70 ± 23.57

Ti

44.86 ± 11.10

29.19 ± 11.69

37.26 ± 8.82

35.72 ± 11.78

Mn

13.61 ± 6.57

13.47 ± 12.37

10.45 ± 7.23

12.19 ± 9.38

Fe

1223.56 ± 249.18

789.64 ± 280.00

976.99 ± 197.44

954.92 ± 284.80

Zn

14.30 ± 15.79

8.31 ± 5.81

28.21 ± 42.96

18.09 ± 30.41

Rb

12.41 ± 3.46

7.86 ± 2.88

10.18 ± 2.95

9.75 ± 3.42

Sr

14.98 ± 5.72

11.03 ± 3.15

14.17 ± 4.19

13.16 ± 4.45

Zr

19.47 ± 6.16

15.15 ± 6.28

23.62 ± 5.43

19.65 ± 6.95

  1. The mean intensity is expressed in counts per second (cps) and n denotes the number of samples in each group. An additional table shows dataset in more detail [see Additional file 1].