Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

This data was collected in 2018 from the historic silver refinery of Trapiche Itapalluni near Puno, Peru (1650-1800 CE). It has been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102568) and Advances in Archaeological Practice. The data was collected from a Olympus Delta Premium (model DP-6000-C) portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometer. The output is listed in parts per million (ppm). We conducted a surface soil survey of our site to detect levels of heavy metals in soils. The results of our analysis identified hazardous levels of antimony (Sb), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) in excavation soils, necessitating the relocation of planned excavation units. We also identified the use of the patio process with mercury at our site. This study highlights the advantages of rapid, in situ pXRF analysis of surface soils in contaminated industrial archaeology sites to assess potential harm to human health, as well as to examine past metallurgical activities. We applied factor correction to some values in our analysis (not all the elements needed factor correction). In our data here, we include the final, corrected results. We also provide checks of subsamples analyzed by WD-XRF.

GC chromatograms of pentane extractions of pine pitch from various tree species and museum artifacts. Artifacts are southwest native american baskets, waterproofed using pine pitch.

El Cuco level X assemblage database. Fields: NR; Letter; Weight; Length; Width; Thickness; Raw material; Tool Type (Bordes list); Blank type; Fragment; Platform; Negatives; Burnt; Spit.

Supplementary materials Fig. 1. Reconstruction of the probability density function for each site and period given the values detailed in table 4. Table 1. Results Mann-Whitney U test for the Comparison of the LSI bone lengths values by the Cattle of Monédière and Lattara . (In blue) Significant difference: *(0.05-0.01), **(0.01-0.001), ***(< 0.001) ; N= Non Significant difference (Wilcox test); NA= missing value. Table 2. Results Mann-Whitney U test for the Comparison of the LSI bone widths values by the Cattle of Monédière and Lattara. (In blue) Significant difference: *(0.05-0.01), **(0.01-0.001), ***(< 0.001) ; N= Non Significant difference (Wilcox test); NA= missing value. Table 3. Results Mann-Whitney U test for the Comparison of the LSI bone lengths values by the Sheep/Goat of Monédière and Lattara. (In green) Significant difference: *(0.05-0.01), **(0.01-0.001), ***(< 0.001) ; N= Non Significant difference (Wilcox test); NA= missing value. Table 4. Results Mann-Whitney U test for the Comparison of the LSI bone widths values by the Sheep/Goat of Monédière and Lattara. (In green) Significant difference: *(0.05-0.01), **(0.01-0.001), ***(< 0.001) ; N= Non Significant difference (Wilcox test); NA= missing value. Table 5. Results Mann Mann-Whitney rest for the Strontium isotopic ratios (87Sr/86Sr). Table 6. Results Mann-Whitney U test for the Comparison of the LSI bone lengths values by the Cattle of different sites. (In blue) Significant difference: *(0.05-0.01), **(0.01-0.001), ***(< 0.001) ; N= Non Significant difference (Wilcox test); NA= missing value. Table 7. Results Mann-Whitney U test for the Comparison of the LSI bone widths values by the Cattle of different sites. (In blue) Significant difference: *(0.05-0.01), **(0.01-0.001), ***(< 0.001) ; N= Non Significant difference (Wilcox test); NA= missing value. Table 8. Results Mann-Whitney U test for the Comparison of the LSI bone lenghts values by the Sheep/Goat of different sites. (In green) Significant difference: *(0.05-0.01), **(0.01-0.001), ***(< 0.001) ; N= Non Significant difference (Wilcox test); NA= missing value. Table 9. Results Mann-Whitney U test for the Comparison of the LSI bone widths values by the Sheep/Goat of different sites. (In green) Significant difference: *(0.05-0.01), **(0.01-0.001), ***(< 0.001) ; N= Non Significant difference (Wilcox test); NA= missing value.

Stable isotope data (carbon and nitrogen) from sequential hair samples of three modern individuals

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Supplementary Material for H. Parow-Souchon & Ch. Purschwitz, Variability in Chert Raw Material Procurement and Use during the Upper Palaeolithic and Early Neolithic of the Southern Levant: A Regional Perspective from the Greater Petra Area. S1: Flint Types S2: Survey Areas and Sample Spots S3: Least Cost Models S4: Multivariate Statistics

The two files present the original compositional data, including major and trace elements, of 58 proto-porcelain samples under the study of this article. The first file presents the data of 42 samples acquired with EDXRF, whereas the second file presents the data of 19 samples acquired with WDXRF. Among them samples ND-DHSSY-02, ND-DHSSY-03, ND-DHSSY-04 are tested twice, with both devices of EDXRF and WDXRF.

S1 R code - the code used to make the figures showing wear frequencies for the shell beads. S2 wear frequency data - data of frequency values for each position on each shell bead included in the study. S3 relative wear frequency data - data converted to relative frequency of wear for each position on each shell bead included in the study.

Raw data used in INAA of chert sources and artifacts obtained from central Cyprus.