Chemical p-XRF data of archeological pottery, Wanna, Germany
type: Dataset
conforms to: http://mlcommons.org/croissant/1.0
creator: Katrin Struckmeyer
publisher: PANGAEA
  type: Organization
  disambiguating description: Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
included in data catalog: PANGAEA
  type: DataCatalog
  disambiguating description: Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
date published: 2024-04-17
additional type: dataset
description: 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.
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.
spatial coverage: Place
  geo: GeoShape
    box: 53.6934 8.7638 53.7019 8.8042
temporal coverage: 2019-07-15T00:00:00/2021-08-12T00:00:00
funding: Pottery traditions as a mirror of social structures of the 5th and 4th millennium BC in northern Central Europe
  type: MonetaryGrant
  funder: German Research Foundation
funding: Preserved in the bog - relics of prehistoric settlement landscapes in the Elbe-Weser triangle
  type: MonetaryGrant
  funder: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
size: QuantitativeValue
  value: 330.0
  unit text: data points
variable measured: Archaeological site number
variable measured: Archaeological find number
variable measured: Pottery unit
variable measured: Potassium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: potassium
      type: DefinedTerm
      alternate name: K
variable measured: Calcium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: calcium
variable measured: Titanium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: titanium
variable measured: Vanadium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: vanadium
variable measured: Chromium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: chromium
variable measured: Iron
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
variable measured: Gallium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: gallium
variable measured: Rubidium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: rubidium
variable measured: Strontium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: strontium
variable measured: Yttrium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: yttrium
      type: DefinedTerm
      alternate name: Y
variable measured: Zirconium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: zirconium
      type: DefinedTerm
      alternate name: Zr
variable measured: Niobium
  type: PropertyValue
  unit text: mg/kg
  measurement technique: Portable X-ray fluorescence analyzer (p-XRF), Niton, XL3t [handheld]
  subject of: DefinedTermSet
    has defined term: niobium
keywords: archaeology; archaeometry; chemical data
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
conditions of access: unrestricted
is accessible for free: true
language: en
distribution: data matrix.tab
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Katrin Struckmeyer
type: Person
family name: Struckmeyer
given name: Katrin
affiliation: Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung, Wilhelmshaven

Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung, Wilhelmshaven
type: Organization
alternate name: NIhK

German Research Foundation
type: Organization
alternate name: DFG

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
type: Organization

calcium
type: DefinedTerm
alternate name: Ca

titanium
type: DefinedTerm
alternate name: Ti

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