Aegean clays data set

This dataset is part of a collection assembled during research by Dr Ioannis Liritzis, Professor of Archaeometry at the University of the Aegean at Rhodes, and is used by his kind permission.

Spectroscopic analysis of the clays yielded figures for varying levels of different elements (this small subset concentrates mainly on metals) in the composition of each clay.

The data were gathered as part of an investigation into historical trading links between Mediterranean communities, in which the composition of clays used in manufacture of dated pot shards from separate sites were analysed for similarity/difference.

The data are posted here in four tables.

I recommend the Mediterranean Archæology and Archæometry journal  (started by Prof. Liritzis and still under his overall editorship).

Aegean clays data set (Table 1)

Data set: Relative element abundance in Aegean clay samples
Courtesy of Dr I Liritsis, Dept of Archaeometry, University of the Aegean at Rhodes

Site	Grp	Ti	Fe	Mn	Ca	K	Cr	Ni	Cu
SAR 5	S	2031	22061	668	121768	14864	286	55	334
YCEM3	Y	3444	26897	789	20257	16310	120		1625
YALINK	Y	4044	36113	161	16638	12598	142		129
YALD2	Y	3233	33398	1127	12558	13938	175	142	122
YALD5	Y	3755	34035		15895	14714	291		57
PERG1	P	4266	38805	572	28642	10768			1334
SAR 282	S	1522	16487	539	125969	18870	429	83	88
YAL7CP	Y	3355	31779		11083	13102	203		79
YD2	Y	4577	45562	700	26151	13546			256
YALD6	Y	3277	37732	668	16591	14284	205	165	217
YB1S	Y	3711	31622	467	9240	19744	145	96	124
SAR 240	S	1463	15448	346	158804	18546	289		94
YALD1	Y	3689	44367	773	18791	17756	144		181
SAR 290	S	1389	15281	403	122050	33968	296		81
YAL3NK	Y	2454	35197	451	13188	14141	468	176	125
YZ2	Y	3933	43295	757	19947	13087	136	112	415
SAR 404	S	589	7071	628	169858	23599	179
SAR 180	S	1327	13248	725	138659	21566	245		138
SAR 210	S	1085	11796	386	160279	12756	298		75
YCEM1	Y	3866	40335	403	27316	14699			529
YCEM2	Y	3766	39296	789	19439	11679	119		735
SAR 120	S	1749	23256	338	71562	15083	324	156	146
YZ3	Y	2900	39196	475	61062	14940	208		249
SAR 190	S	1211	12533	531	179230	14036	172		64
YAL5NK	Y	4555	41363	692	21225	10429	79		204
YAL8CP	Y	3844	39899	314	19383	17733	200		103
YZ1	Y	3200	34069	346	13592	16205			338
SAR 410	S	852	8255	652	153540	22379	182		65
SAR 105	S	2308	23937	531	112151	17327	286	123	189
SAR 93	S	1549	17023	700	142015	15007	388	104	217

Aegean clays data set (Table 2)

Data set: Relative element abundance in Aegean clay samples
Courtesy of Dr I Liritsis, Dept of Archaeometry, University of the Aegean at Rhodes
 

Site	Grp	Zn	As	Sr	Zr	Mo	Pb	Rb	Ba
YB1	Y	620	71	458	191	3	33	85	1009
YALDNK	Y	149	31	449	230			45	667
SAR 253	S	234		195	82	7		43	96
SAR 417	S	214		209	64	9	720	57	67
YAL6CP	Y	79	49	728	173			70	511
SAR 392	S	347		338	56	7	216	11	104
SAR 80	S	615	86	196	76	8		66	112
YB2	Y	149	72	206	184			136	442
SAR 20	S	319	29	213	91	5		37	119
SAR 152	S	251	52	254	78	6	15	55	103
YAL4NK	Y	144	102	1074	173			101	1129
SAR 345	S	244		238	67	5		36	115
YD1	Y	157	52	550	219			73	474
SAR 308	S	233	42	229	63	4		57	107
SAR 303	S	255		221	63	8		57	109
SAR 316	S	251	55	176	92	8	21	67	110
SAR 357	S	287		302	99	2	27	45	136
SAR 324	S	324	42	181	95	5		46	114
YNZ2	Y	324		399	129			75	1027
SAR 265	S	245	66	239	85	3		49	133
PERG2	P	506	97	700	225	4		81	1041
SAR 377	S	293	72	196	95	5	31	46	105
YAL2NK	Y	115	60	476	200	5		82	634
YALD3	Y	144	52	544	176			88	562
SAR 48	S	544	71	257	108	6		53	175
YAL9TG	Y	116	45	725	210	3		36	477
SAR 366	S	224	63	302	76	8		60	105
SAR 268	S	222	55	220	82	5		54	101
YNB1	Y	663	65	529	209		19	61	882
YA1	Y	285	40	582	166	4	15	71	990
YALD4	Y	87	86	426	209			74	806
SAR 60	S	461	85	163	113	5	32	66	127
SAR 135	S	298	120	198	83	5		43	110
SAR 232	S	179	43	308	59	6		40	101
SAR 386	S	404		274	75	4	197	36	191

Aegean clays data set (Table 3)

Data set: Relative element abundance in Aegean clay samples
Courtesy of Dr I Liritsis, Dept of Archaeometry, University of the Aegean at Rhodes
 

Site	Grp	Ti	Fe	Mn	Ca	K	Cr	Ni	Cu
YB1	Y	4244	42278	845	19674	20723	110		1118
YALDNK	Y	5133	41552	547	19975	11815	105	53	179
SAR 253	S	1318	16576		113383	22394	268		33
SAR 417	S	1102	12343	322	106229	25933	355		84
YAL6CP	Y	3300	32683	652	16666	14405	211		231
SAR 392	S	1183	8847	668	208492	14382	350		115
SAR 80	S	1620	19212	443	124353	17643	295	171	163
YB2	Y	3244	25881	555	11853	23893	250		164
SAR 20	S	1657	21189	475	82579	13373	181		226
SAR 152	S	1502	16319	459	113054	22462	309	82	151
YAL4NK	Y	3988	45216	547	19646	18501	73		151
SAR 345	S	1132	12466	298	172528	16574	238		105
YD1	Y	4322	40469	483	23077	13351	122		308
SAR 308	S	1354	15582	451	117500	31061	205	96	125
SAR 303	S	1267	13270	386	115300	39758	343		99
SAR 316	S	1479	17861	684	96030	34661	323	70	85
SAR 357	S	1780	20854	998	163250	16318	299		44
SAR 324	S	1920	21268	950	95692	17436	396		92
YNZ2	Y	3077	33030	708	14767	15677	297	103	472
SAR 265	S	1664	16632	668	135031	27899	368		78
PERG2	P	5022	40703	966	19120	19826			722
SAR 377	S	1597	17738	362	116250	21912	351	97	99
YAL2NK	Y	2764	29210		17860	13065	244		125
YALD3	Y	4055	39073	596	16582	17673	125		167
SAR 48	S	2511	25993		90983	23448	390	180	306
YAL9TG	Y	3589	36191	692	24609	9766			187
SAR 366	S	1960	18185	1063	140286	20926	254	108	96
SAR 268	S	1233	15459	386	116353	26332	262		57
YNB1	Y	4533	43306	797	22795	11852			1177
YA1	Y	4200	36425	765	16723	18087	224	102	464
YALD4	Y	3011	33499	282	15134	14571	111		101
SAR 60	S	1896	25311	161	59718	21596	317		230
SAR 135	S	1263	15750	370	114661	17522	203		85
SAR 232	S	1284	14968	451	180781	20226	284		163
SAR 386	S	1387	14454	700	176711	18185	200		66

Aegean clays data set (Table 4)

Data set: Relative element abundance in Aegean clay samples
Courtesy of Dr I Liritsis, Dept of Archaeometry, University of the Aegean at Rhodes

Site	Grp	Zn	As	Sr	Zr	Mo	Pb	Rb	Ba
SAR 5	S	409	59	258	100	5		49	144
YCEM3	Y	1059	52	573	173	3	39	92	908
YALINK	Y	138	39	458	215	2		71	551
YALD2	Y	102		384	169		19	90	818
YALD5	Y	85	51	406	232	5		62	692
PERG1	P	930	74	684	173	2	32	45	626
SAR 282	S	237		217	79	6	18	65	93
YAL7CP	Y	109	23	389	157	7		81	143
YD2	Y	197	59	543	189			53	748
YALD6	Y	70	88	477	145			61	974
YB1S	Y	100	0	217	172			95	474
SAR 240	S	237	111	215	62	8		45	90
YALD1	Y	93	68	1058	169	5		103	1089
SAR 290	S	249	48	238	65	8		45	104
YAL3NK	Y	144	43	400	115			51	363
YZ2	Y	262	62	546	213			49	626
SAR 404	S	281	40	298	40	3	21	36	102
SAR 180	S	270	66	217	73	6		35	103
SAR 210	S	285	49	244	52	7		36	108
YCEM1	Y	352	0	509	188	3	37	69	567
YCEM2	Y	493	46	581	226	5	29	54	596
SAR 120	S	324	55	161	99	5		57	113
YZ3	Y	174	65	744	161	7		76	1118
SAR 190	S	406	68	243	68	5		42	122
YAL5NK	Y	135	88	501	194			41	435
YAL8CP	Y	123	80	531	158			113	655
YZ1	Y	250	46	429	202		21	79	503
SAR 410	S	234		249	33	8	307	27	81
SAR 105	S	466	31	229	103	10		65	147
SAR 93	S	508	39	231	64	9		56	123