The pottery production from the Deh Dumen Bronze Age graveyard (South-Western Iran): a chemical, mineralogical and physical study

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Table 2 Mineralogical composition of the archaeological potteries

	Sample code	Type	Qz	Ms	Chl	Pl	Fs	Cal	Ar	Hem	Mul	Di
LCC	318	TYPE-2	xxx	xx		xx		x
	323	TYPE-2	xxx	x		xx	x	x
	324	TYPE-2	xxx	xx		xx	x	xx		x
	326	TYPE-2	xxx	xx		x		x
	328	TYPE-1	xxx					xx		x	xx
	330	TYPE-2	xxx	x		xx	x	x		x
	332	TYPE-2	xxx	xx
	334	TYPE-2	xxx	x	xx	xx		x
	338	TYPE-2	xx	x				x	x
	341	TYPE-2	xxx	x		x	x			tr
	346	TYPE-2	xxx	x		xx		x		x
	347	TYPE-2	xxx	tr		x	x	tr
HCC	163	TYPE-1	x			xx		xx				xxx
	319	TYPE-2	xx		xx		xx	xxx
	322	TYPE-1	xxx	tr				x		x		xxx
	325	TYPE-2	xx			xx		x		x		xx
	329	TYPE-1	xx							x		xxx
	331	TYPE-1	xxx	x			xx	xx		x
	336	TYPE-1	xx			xx		x				xxx
	337	TYPE-2	xx			xx		x		x		xx
	340	TYPE-1	xx			xx				x		xx
	342	TYPE-2	xx	x	x	xx		xx		tr
	344	TYPE-1	xx			xx		xx		x		xx
	345	TYPE-2	xxx	x		xx		x

Qz quartz, Ms muscovite; Chl chlorite, Pl plagioclase, Fs K-Feldspar, Cal calcite, Ar aragonite, Hem hematite, Mul mullite, Di diopside. xxx = very abundant; xx = abundant; x = scarce; tr = traces. Mineral abbreviation after Whitney and Evans [53]