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Table 5 Results of the soil analyses

From: Thermoluminescence and radiocarbon dating of pre-colonial ceramics and organic midden material from the US Virgin Islands: outline for a revised chronology

Site name

No. of samples

U µg g−1

Th µg g−1

K wt %

Magens Bay

7

0.73

0.25

0.85

Krum Bay

3

0.20

0.03

0.31

Spratt Hall

2

0.87

1.60

1.48

Richmond

1

0.64

0.90

1.14

Prosperity

2

0.84

0.93

1.86

Coral Bay

6

0.77

0.94

1.15

Lt Cruz Bay

1

0.37

0.88

1.33

  1. “n” is the number of analyses included in the average. One relative standard deviation uncertainty is estimated to be ca 5%, mostly resulting from sample inhomogeneity
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