Research Article

Chronological Classification of Ancient Mortars Employing Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Techniques: Sagunto (Valencia, Spain) Case

Table 5

Pearson correlation coefficient () between ∑REE and each measured element for the three groups of mortar.

ElementRailroad StationLos Huertos Street
Lime mortarsLime mortarsEarth mortars

Al2O3−0.210.570.61
SiO2−0.450.21−0.23
CaO−0.08−0.43−0.7
Fe0.180.30.76
Ti−0.10.280.81
209Bi−0.210.230.95
207Pb0.410.03−0.09
205Tl−0.420.50.97
138Ba0.150.060.85
111Cd0.010.020.58
95Mo−0.04−0.290.95
89Y0.590.250.6
88Sr0−0.410.76
64Zn0.37−0.240.93
63Cu−0.19−0.220.9
60Ni0.320.150.89
59Co0.510.510.96
55Mn0.23−0.060.94
52Cr0.480.550.94
51V0.560.240.88
45Sc0.490.750.71
7Li0.190.350.82

Note. Statistically significant values of are given in bold ().