Chemical analysis (neutron activation analysis) of 88 Late Bronze Age transport jars found in excavations at Kommos, Crete.
Format
A data.frame with 88 observations and 22 variables (chemical elements):
- type
factor:CJ(Canaanite jar),EJ(Egyptian jar);TSJ(transport stirrup jar),SNA(short-necked amphora).- date
character: chronology (period).- Sm
numeric: Sm content (ppm).- Lu
numeric: Lu content (ppm).- U
numeric: U content (ppm).- Yb
numeric: Yb content (ppm).- As
numeric: As content (ppm).- Sb
numeric: Sb content (ppm).- Ca
numeric: Ca content (ppm).- Na
numeric: Na content (ppm).- La
numeric: La content (ppm).- Ce
numeric: Ce content (ppm).- Th
numeric: Th content (ppm).- Cr
numeric: Cr content (ppm).- Hf
numeric: Hf content (ppm).- Cs
numeric: Cs content (ppm).- Sc
numeric: Sc content (ppm).- Rb
numeric: Rb content (ppm).- Fe
numeric: Fe content (ppm).- Ta
numeric: Ta content (ppm).- Co
numeric: Co content (ppm).- Eu
numeric: Eu content (ppm).
References
Day, P. M., Quinn, P. S., Rutter, J. B. & Kilikoglou, V. (2011). A World of Goods: Transport Jars and Commodity Exchange at the Late Bronze Age Harbor of Kommos, Crete. Hesperia, 80, 511-558. doi:10.2972/hesperia.80.4.0511