Table 7 Five elements showing greater variations among the Upper Qujialing and Shijiahe pottery (UP = Upper Qujialing)

From: Surface treatment of red painted and slipped wares in the middle Yangtze River valley of Late Neolithic China: multi-analytical case analysis

 

Mean ± SD (Zr, Mn, and Ba in ppm; Fe and Ca in wt%)

Zr

Fe

Mn

Ca

Ba

Paint/slip

     

 UQ (n = 5)

241 ± 11

2.2 ± 0.70

1024 ± 626

1.7 ± 1.5

979 ± 265

 Shijiahe (n = 12)

191 ± 28

3.2 ± 0.68

438 ± 397

1.9 ± 0.98

1156 ± 256

Body

     

 UQ (n = 5)

239 ± 19

1.9 ± 0.57

972 ± 883

1.4 ± 0.40

953 ± 304

 Shijiahe (n = 12)

189 ± 26

2.6 ± 0.56

552 ± 484

1.2 ± 0.62

1255 ± 320