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Table 4 Compares measured values of millet husk phytoliths (Scon) and the area concentration of millet husk (Ssur)

From: The influence of heat on phytolith morphology and implications for quantifying archaeological foxtail and common millets

Sample no

Mean value of Scon (cm2/g)

Mean value of Ssur

(cm2/g)

The absolute value of differences (cm2/g)

Proportion of differences (%)

CM1

17.27 ± 1.99

24.97 ± 1.77

7.70

30.8

CM2

14.71 ± 1.37

24.95 ± 0.97

10.24

41.0

CM3

10.64 ± 0.95

26.29 ± 1.19

15.65

59.5

CM4

13.10 ± 0.59

26.67 ± 1.52

13.57

50.9

CM5

16.25 ± 2.77

25.62 ± 1.62

9.37

36.6

CM6

14.83 ± 3.40

26.43 ± 1.39

11.60

43.9

FM1

30.18 ± 1.88

34.70 ± 4.90

4.53

13.05

FM2

30.55 ± 7.33

31.02 ± 2.60

0.48

1.54

FM3

40.49 ± 6.33

30.81 ± 2.33

9.68

31.43

FM4

31.70 ± 8.85

33.74 ± 0.80

2.03

6.02

FM5

20.67 ± 5.36

32.29 ± 0.76

11.62

35.99

FM6

30.51 ± 3.72

30.71 ± 0.56

0.20

0.64

  1. CM common millet, FM foxtail millet