Surface treatment of red painted and slipped wares in the middle Yangtze River valley of Late Neolithic China: multi-analytical case analysis

Heritage Science

Table 5 μ-XRF results of the red paint/slip (concentrations in wt%)

	Na₂O	MgO	Al₂O₃	SiO₂	P₂O₅	K₂O	CaO	TiO₂	MnO	Fe₂O₃
Exterior surface
RPW02
Paint	3.32	1.41	22.20	60.22	3.55	2.46	1.96	0.70	0.01	4.07
Body	7.37	0.76	12.78	67.06	4.93	2.17	1.56	0.74	0.01	2.63
RSW01
Slip	4.09	0.95	19.78	64.31	0.98	2.48	1.76	0.79	0.02	4.83
Body	3.00	1.45	14.78	73.73	0.74	1.71	0.78	0.79	0.02	2.98
Cross-section
RPW02
Exterior	3.08	1.23	14.98	69.79	4.76	1.96	1.17	0.74	0.01	2.25
Middle	1.89	1.10	14.40	71.88	4.97	1.69	1.53	0.65	0.01	1.81
Interior	2.58	1.06	14.16	72.03	4.27	1.72	1.70	0.68	0.01	1.71
RSW01
Exterior	2.23	1.72	15.45	71.20	2.00	1.72	1.46	0.90	0.02	3.30
Middle	2.96	1.89	16.34	70.82	1.38	1.79	0.97	0.73	0.02	3.08
Interior	1.95	1.83	16.24	72.26	1.12	1.75	0.86	0.72	0.02	3.24