Citation:

PANGAEA.967201

Name: Chemical p-XRF data of archeological pottery, Wanna, Germany
Creator: Katrin Struckmeyer
Published: 2024-04-17
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: archaeology; archaeometry; chemical data

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Published: 2024-04-17 • DOI registered: 2024-05-16

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Abstract:

This is the measurement data from chemical analysis of archaeological Neolithic pottery using portable X-ray fluorescence analysis (p-XRF). The pottery came from the sites Wanna 1588, 1591, 1592, 1594 and 1603 (district of Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany) and belongs to the cultural group of the Funnel Beaker culture. The measurements are part of the research projects "Preserved in the bog - relics of prehistoric settlement landscapes in the Elbe-Weser triangle" funded by Niedersachsen Vorab and "Pottery traditions as a mirror of social structures of the 5th and 4th millennium BC in northern Central Europe" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG project number 438036891). A handheld Niton XL3t XRF-Analyzer of the company analyticon was used. The device was held stationary in a stand. The measurements were taken on the edge of each sherd that have been previously cleaned and smoothed using abrasive paper. Each sherd was analysed in three different areas of the edge using the mode Mining and a small beam of 3 mm. The data consist of the average values of these measurements for each element. Each spot was analysed with four different filters. The total measuring time was 125 seconds.

Keyword(s):

archaeology; archaeometry; chemical data

Funding:

German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 438036891 : Pottery traditions as a mirror of social structures of the 5th and 4th millennium BC in northern Central Europe

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, grant/award no. Pro*Niedersachsen: Preserved in the bog - relics of prehistoric settlement landscapes in the Elbe-Weser triangle

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 53.697380 * Median Longitude: 8.777240 * South-bound Latitude: 53.693400 * West-bound Longitude: 8.763800 * North-bound Latitude: 53.701900 * East-bound Longitude: 8.804200

Date/Time Start: 2019-07-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-08-12T00:00:00

Event(s):

Excavation_Wanna_1588 * Latitude: 53.701900 * Longitude: 8.774900 * Date/Time Start: 2020-09-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-10-02T00:00:00 * Location: Wanna, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany * Method/Device: Archaeological excavation

Excavation_Wanna_1591 * Latitude: 53.700300 * Longitude: 8.777400 * Date/Time Start: 2020-09-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-10-02T00:00:00 * Location: Wanna, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany * Method/Device: Archaeological excavation

Excavation_Wanna_1592 * Latitude: 53.693400 * Longitude: 8.765900 * Date/Time Start: 2019-07-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-08-09T00:00:00 * Location: Wanna, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany * Method/Device: Archaeological excavation

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device
1	Archaeological site number	Arch site no		Struckmeyer, Katrin
2	Archaeological find number	Arch find no		Struckmeyer, Katrin
3	Pottery unit	PU		Struckmeyer, Katrin
4	Potassium	K	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
5	Calcium	Ca	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
6	Titanium	Ti	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
7	Vanadium	V	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
8	Chromium	Cr	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
9	Iron	Fe	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
10	Gallium	Ga	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
11	Rubidium	Rb	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
12	Strontium	Sr	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
13	Yttrium	Y	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
14	Zirconium	Zr	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
15	Niobium	Nb	mg/kg	Struckmeyer, Katrin	Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 1 (ProcLevel1)

Size:

330 data points

Data

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1 Arch site no	2 Arch find no	3 PU	4 K [mg/kg]	5 Ca [mg/kg]	6 Ti [mg/kg]	7 V [mg/kg]	8 Cr [mg/kg]	9 Fe [mg/kg]	10 Ga [mg/kg]	11 Rb [mg/kg]	12 Sr [mg/kg]	13 Y [mg/kg]	14 Zr [mg/kg]	15 Nb [mg/kg]
Wanna 1591	33	22	13197.62	1788.04	5317.02	269.23	190.04	26823.79	23.30	38.68	39.97	119.02	173.37	13.98
Wanna 1591	76	13	14888.99	3569.68	4503.00	234.93	198.84	27413.08	19.41	37.87	98.78	120.40	187.99	12.79
Wanna 1591	13	29	13767.51	1474.67	5100.72	196.94	108.53	11774.83	25.01	32.43	34.09	102.04	188.16	9.39
Wanna 1591	34	26	16467.79	2634.71	4499.39	235.66	220.44	31864.90	18.88	43.99	65.58	104.30	179.82	13.28
Wanna 1591	51	18	15379.07	1236.81	7476.41	201.90	119.08	14517.79	23.85	37.26	37.53	171.20	227.11	15.73
Wanna 1591	69	18	15999.52	1314.00	8724.07	261.40	204.59	8176.69	28.74	33.89	49.19	220.86	222.07	18.26
Wanna 1592	111	3	16395.16	2956.97	6147.83	238.73	194.21	23523.93	21.70	38.85	45.60	105.91	148.57	12.45
Wanna 1592	204-4	32	15577.75	1973.86	5354.29	207.44	204.73	27605.83	22.18	45.05	36.50	75.20	158.97	17.08
Wanna 1592	216	34	19280.54	2236.21	6787.77	168.62	119.60	10297.02	22.09	40.02	42.42	154.67	261.19	17.78
Wanna 1592	215	36	15585.13	3538.59	5749.33	181.54	119.29	11768.20	24.46	36.41	66.52	112.36	188.44	14.10
Wanna 1592	195-2	43	14185.07	1701.88	5079.98	267.44	275.72	37884.34	24.46	50.39	58.53	69.65	129.64	16.11
Wanna 1592	214	46	15453.99	3291.48	5100.08	194.53	147.68	10446.21	23.17	38.32	67.13	127.03	223.96	13.64
Wanna 1594	11	17	16699.84	2484.01	5601.76	238.01	201.33	30170.09	20.65	46.02	69.90	109.05	153.58	13.97
Wanna 1588	54	11	13028.30	4284.94	4985.16	204.12	154.20	16001.94	20.44	33.81	52.69	120.12	163.29	14.35
Wanna 1603	103-1	59	15571.54	1965.97	7304.15	244.45	210.78	26688.22	38.67	39.83	54.88	111.25	233.32	17.88
Wanna 1603	57-1	58	15419.76	1658.36	7847.33	266.02	216.79	24030.13	39.10	43.83	26.51	93.39	178.05	18.69
Wanna 1603	464-1	57	15113.63	1376.10	5167.33	233.80	180.86	23311.70	18.35	38.40	27.98	68.03	231.43	14.78
Wanna 1603	345	73	14645.82	1160.48	4583.59	201.87	183.55	26916.33	21.28	49.17	37.80	78.93	195.61	16.83
Wanna 1603	147-4	70	15078.55	1278.93	5822.46	274.06	252.56	29831.01	25.31	43.41	22.19	88.41	190.74	15.44
Wanna 1603	258-1	71	14568.50	1605.13	8955.46	287.08	187.46	23207.92	35.32	46.70	34.75	127.40	218.09	18.89
Wanna 1603	352-1	80	16076.21	1571.53	6725.79	219.22	170.38	11428.35	32.40	51.62	27.17	125.03	177.82	16.70
Wanna 1603	100-1	60	19492.50	1362.51	8021.30	280.15	207.62	22872.64	29.76	48.06	44.60	107.05	187.54	17.23