MACLAS (Mineral archaeological classification System) Dataset. A geochemical dataset of mineral prehistoric adornments of Iberia

  1. Daniel Sanchez-Gomez 1
  2. Odriozola, Carlos P. 2
  3. Garrido-Cordero, José Angel 2
  4. Sousa, Ana Catarina. 1
  5. Villalobos García, Rodrigo 3
  1. 1 Universidade de Lisboa
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    Universidade de Lisboa

    Lisboa, Portugal

    ROR https://ror.org/01c27hj86

    Localización geográfica de la organización Universidade de Lisboa
  2. 2 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03yxnpp24

    Localización geográfica de la organización Universidad de Sevilla
  3. 3 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

    Localización geográfica de la organización Universidad de Valladolid

Editor : Zenodo

Año de publicación : 2024

Tipo : Dataset

Versión : 2

CC BY 4.0

Resumen

MACLAS dataset  has been constructed by coupling the elemental and mineral information of (n =1243 samples) from 52 sites in Portugal and Spain in a chronological span from 5th to 3rd millennium BC. Each data point is described by a vector of 45 independent variables with the elemental concentrations expressed in atomic percentages obtained by p-XRF associated with a  single categorical mineral label obtained by XRD as the dependent variable. This resource, result of a project spanning more than a decade, has been made possible by the hard work, collaborative spirit and open-science vision of many researchers.