Structural and compositional data of maya pottery samples from Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala: Central America

Kefa K. Onchoke; Pressley S. Nicholson; Josephine Taylor; Robert R. Friedfeld; Leslie G. Cecil

Data in Brief (Apr 2021)

Structural and compositional data of maya pottery samples from Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala: Central America

Kefa K. Onchoke,
Pressley S. Nicholson,
Josephine Taylor,
Robert R. Friedfeld,
Leslie G. Cecil

Affiliations

Kefa K. Onchoke: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Stephen F. Austin State University, Box 13006 – SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX, 75962-13006, USA; Corresponding author.
Pressley S. Nicholson: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Stephen F. Austin State University, Box 13006 – SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX, 75962-13006, USA
Josephine Taylor: Department of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Box 13003 SFASU, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, USA
Robert R. Friedfeld: Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, 75962, USA
Leslie G. Cecil: Department of Anthropology, Geography, and Sociology Stephen F. Austin State University, Box 13047 – SFA Station, Nacogdoches, Texas, 75962, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 35
p. 106886

Abstract

Read online

In this data article, we present the spectroscopic structural data of the pottery samples collected from Petén Itzá, Guatemala. Detailed Fourier transmission infrared, powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy coupled to electron dispersive X-ray diffraction, and thermal gravimetric analysis/differential thermal gravimetric analysis (FTIR, PXRD, SEM/EDX, and TGA/DTGA) were discussed in the research article titled “Comprehensive Structural and Compositional Investigation of Maya Pottery Sherds from Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala, Central America” (Onchoke et al. 2020 [1]). The FTIR, XRD profiles and composition of pottery from Petén Itzá, Guatemala are presented. This data is important and useful for further understanding of the structural composition of pottery sherds used by Maya people of Guatemala. In addition, the TGA/DTGA profiles provide information on the content of the losses upon heating and offers supportive evidence to the spectroscopic data studied.

Published in Data in Brief

ISSN: 2352-3409 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; Science: Science (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-in-brief/

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords