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Chemical Analyses<br />

Postclassic Maya <strong>Ceramic</strong> Advances 19<br />

The <strong>in</strong>terpretation of the compositional data of the ceramic pastes (INAA data) produced<br />

a general separation of the three Postclassic wares as well as divisions with<strong>in</strong> each ware<br />

(Figure 7). The first n<strong>in</strong>e eigenvalues account for 96% of the variability present <strong>in</strong> the sample<br />

(Table 2).<br />

For the most part, it supports the results obta<strong>in</strong>ed through petrographic analysis. The<br />

Clemenica Cream Paste ware demonstrates a division of three groups: a group higher <strong>in</strong><br />

sodium and rubidium (volcanic ash tempered), a group (n=6) higher <strong>in</strong> calcium and lower <strong>in</strong><br />

rubidium, cesium, and potassium, and a group (the majority of the sample) that has m<strong>in</strong>or<br />

quantities of the rare earth and lanthanide series elements, but higher frequencies of calcium<br />

and potassium.<br />

Table 2. Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal Components Analysis of Central Petén Slipped Pottery<br />

(R-Q Factor Analysis based on Variance-Covariance Matrix)<br />

Element Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor 6 Factor 7 Factor 8 Factor 9<br />

As 0.2022 0.2069 -0.0580 0.0049 -0.1277 0.2738 0.3085 0.1691 0.5356<br />

La 0.1861 0.0591 -0.0498 0.1431 0.0601 -0.2385 -0.1538 -0.0128 0.1324<br />

Lu 0.1968 0.0726 -0.0424 0.0138 -0.0577 -0.0110 0.0337 -0.0032 -0.0716<br />

Nd 0.1891 0.0696 -0.0723 0.1516 0.0453 -0.2286 -0.1055 0.0308 0.1196<br />

Sm 0.1887 0.0710 -0.0704 0.1389 0.0339 -0.1847 -0.0793 -0.0236 0.1040<br />

U 0.1515 0.0555 0.1161 -0.0530 -0.1361 0.2075 0.1178 0.0728 -0.2527<br />

Yb 0.2090 0.0879 -0.0690 0.0651 -0.0252 -0.1054 0.0050 -0.0077 0.0246<br />

Ce 0.2690 -0.0580 0.0477 0.3558 0.0064 -0.1206 -0.0490 -0.2512 -0.4188<br />

Co 0.0708 0.0655 -0.1897 0.0777 0.4536 0.1867 0.1231 0.0133 -0.0562<br />

Cr 0.0578 0.0303 -0.2410 -0.1240 0.1013 0.0245 -0.2052 -0.1204 -0.0753<br />

Cs 0.2482 -0.3168 0.0187 -0.3292 0.1616 -0.3596 0.3188 -0.0749 -0.0132<br />

Eu 0.1734 0.1047 -0.0824 0.1581 0.0831 -0.1793 -0.0884 -0.0393 0.1351<br />

Fe 0.1129 0.1446 -0.1382 -0.1339 0.0811 0.1355 0.0036 0.0554 -0.0089<br />

Hf 0.1860 0.0857 -0.0849 -0.0418 -0.1331 0.1419 -0.0257 -0.0289 -0.0811<br />

Rb 0.2396 -0.2709 0.1631 -0.4140 0.1903 -0.1709 0.2683 0.0132 -0.0193<br />

Sb 0.1477 0.0642 -0.0779 -0.1211 0.0401 0.1302 0.0469 0.0710 -0.334<br />

Sc 0.1329 0.1270 -0.0739 -0.1330 0.0218 0.0562 -0.0133 0.0518 -0.1309<br />

Sr -0.0307 0.5183 0.5892 0.0286 0.2039 -0.2094 0.0314 0.3751 -0.2264<br />

Ta 0.1962 0.0793 -0.0509 -0.1333 -0.1093 0.0001 -0.0308 0.0400 -0.1300<br />

Tb 0.1955 0.0694 -0.0853 0.1423 0.0472 -0.2055 -0.0738 0.0051 0.1458<br />

Th 0.2392 0.0624 -0.0017 -0.0524 -0.1733 0.0649 0.0506 0.0079 -0.2482<br />

Zn 0.1079 0.0263 -0.0927 -0.0511 0.0154 0.0448 -01429 0.0757 -0.0350<br />

Zr 0.1816 0.0937 -0.0604 -0.0237 -0.1483 0.1618 -0.0338 -0.1184 -0.0831<br />

Al 0.1501 0.0814 0.0055 -0.0388 -0.0656 0.1062 0.0323 0.0315 -0.1423<br />

Ba 0.1069 0.1946 0.4629 -0.1253 0.2113 0.2077 -0.1267 -0.7063 0.2679<br />

Ca -0.2453 0.2029 -0.1629 -0.1401 0.2396 -0.2454 -0.0140 0.0942 0.0943<br />

Dy 0.1947 0.0841 -0.0977 0.0784 -0.0064 -0.1828 -0.0568 0.0034 0.1226<br />

K 0.1348 -0.3150 0.1069 -0.1625 0.2857 0.2074 -0.6712 0.2756 0.0039<br />

Mn 0.0846 0.1508 -0.0428 0.4260 0.5275 0.3180 0.3033 0.0922 -0.0634<br />

Na 0.2734 -0.2773 0.3584 0.1484 -0.2023 0.0831 -0.0458 0.3182 0.2955<br />

Ti 0.1302 0.2029 -0.1210 -0.1707 0.0002 0.0886 -0.0790 0.0475 -0.0275<br />

V 0.0508 0.2454 -0.1417 -0.2801 0.1662 0.0538 -0.0418 0.0942 0.0765

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