kommos: Transport Jars from Kommos (Crete)

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Transport Jars from Kommos (Crete)

Description

Chemical analysis (neutron activation analysis) of 88 Late Bronze Age transport jars found in excavations at Kommos, Crete.

Usage

kommos

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. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.2972/hesperia.80.4.0511")}

See Also

Other chemical data: bronze, verre

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