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D.E. Cook
 

Records of Ancient Human-Environmental Interaction from Mayan Southern Petén, Guatemala
Part 1:  A 1300-year record of human activity and climate change from Cancuén

Appendix 2.  Accuracy of chemical analyses:
Results of separate analyses of duplicate field samples
Element/
Atomic mass
CAN2004-1a CAN2004-1b %
difference
CAN2004-11a CAN2004-11b %
difference
  (µg/g) (µg/g)   (µg/g) (µg/g)  
Al    396.152 27986.32 26917.11 3.82 23382.39 25839.04 -10.51
Ba  233.527 2.09 2.11 -0.84 2.12 2.16 -2.25
Ca  317.933 52334.35 51194.24 2.18 47952.33 49807.74 -3.87
Cd  228.802 0.81 0.84 -3.14 0.64 0.66 -3.01
Co  228.615 38.12 42.54 -11.59 30.08 31.16 -3.59
Cr  205.560 195.03 192.36 1.37 197.30 205.58 -4.20
Cu  327.395 40.68 40.17 1.27 42.98 44.47 -3.47
Fe  259.940 38885.46 38752.89 0.34 37039.87 39277.16 -6.04
K    766.491 2951.40 2890.88 2.05 2864.41 2961.64 -3.39
Mg  285.213 19808.76 19574.45 1.18 20116.03 21613.79 -7.45
Mn  257.610 780.39 825.79 -5.82 649.25 647.96 0.20
Na  589.592 228.12 207.29 9.13 182.69 168.62 7.70
P    213.618 419.11 416.82 0.55 268.51 253.88 5.45
Pb  220.353 8.37 8.74 -4.45 7.47 7.35 1.51
S    181.972 11.88 11.66 1.88 11.71 11.40 2.69
Zn  213.857 122.37 118.24 3.37 93.55 95.83 -2.44

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