Comparison of trace element chemistry in human bones interred in two private chapels attached to Franciscan friaries in Italy and Denmark: an investigation of social stratification in two medieval and post-medieval societies

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Table 3 The arithmetic means of the concentrations and the standard deviations (SD) for all sets and sub-sets of samples

Italian samples	Ca \| Iannelli	Ca \|Montella Cloister walk	Mn \| Iannelli	Mn\|Montella Cloister walk	Fe \| Iannelli	Fe\| Montella Cloister walk	Cu\|Iannelli	Cu\|Montella Cloister walk	Sr \|Iannelli	Sr \|Montella Cloister walk	Ba \|Iannelli	Ba \| Montella Cloister walk	Hg \| Iannelli	Hg \| Montella Cloister walk	Pb \|Iannelli	Pb \|Montella Cloister walk
Italian samples	wt%	wt%	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	ng/g	ng/g	µg/g	µg/g
Number of individuals	17	34	17	34	17	34	17	34	17	34	17	34	17	34	17	34
Arithmetic mean	27.0	30.0	76.1	37.1	305	135	76.7	3.5	180	290	43.0	127	34.4	10.5	23.7	6.95
SD	2.34	2.42	124	87.9	322	503	108	1.79	43.3	70.8	19.7	58.2	26.8	3.48	17.9	6.96

Danish samples	Ca (%) \| Hardenberg	Ca\| SVB Cloister walk	Mn \| Hardenberg	Mn \| SVB Cloister walk	Fe \| Hardenberg	Fe \| SVB Cloister walk	Cu \| Hardenberg	Cu \| SVB Cloister walk	Sr \| Hardenberg	Sr \| SVB Cloister walk	Ba \| Hardenberg	Ba \| SVB Cloister walk	Hg \| Hardenberg	Hg \| SVB Cloister walk	Pb \| Hardenberg	Pb \| SVB Cloister walk
Danish samples	wt%	wt%	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	µg/g	ng/g	ng/g	µg/g	µg/g
Number of individuals	7	14	7	14	7	14	7	14	7	14	7	14	7	14	7	14
Arithmetic mean	25.1	27.7	54.2	40.8	95.5	124	3.6	9.7	221	354	56.5	102	103	63.0	89.8	7.9
SD	1.63	2.74	55.4	49.2	53.9	108	2.83	7.47	22.5	89.1	20.0	26.9	115	38.0	26.5	5.37