A dataframe with the major oxide composition of pottery found at Romano-British kiln sites in Wales,
Gloucester and the New Forest as determined by atomic absorption.
Usage
data("Tubb")
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 48 observations on the following 11 variables.
Sample
Sample identifier
Al2O3
Aluminium oxide
Fe2O3
Iron (III) oxide
MgO
Magnesium oxide
CaO
Calcium oxide
Na2O
Sodium oxide
K2O
Potassium oxide
TiO2
Titaniium dioxide
MnO
Manganese oxide
BaO
Barium oxide
site
Geographical region of the sample. G=Gloucester, NF=New Forest, W=Wales.
References
Tubb, A., Parker, A.J. and Nickless, G. (1980) The analysis of Romano-British pottery by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.
Archaeometry 22(2) pp. 153--171.