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. 2020 Aug 5;15(8):e0235421. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235421

Table 6. Mn and Fe areal densities (DMn and DFe) and normalized densities (NMn and NFe) on the petroglyphs (rock art elements).

Element Motif N DMn DFe NMn NFe
Avg. S.D. CV Avg. S.D. CV Avg. S.D. S.E. Avg. S.D. S.E.
[μg cm-2] [μg cm-2] [%] [%]
LLH-1 Anthropomorph 5 65 16 25% 330 120 36% 19 4.9 16% 60 22 20%
LLH-2 Coso bighorn (III) 3 180 70 38% 280 63 23% 35 13 28% 84 19 26%
LLH-3 Metate 3 10 6 58% 170 110 68% 1.8 1.1 49% 23 16 52%
FFS-1 Bighorn sheep (I) 4 180 104 57% 140 45 33% 28 16 38% 32 10 28%
FFS-2 Atlatl 4 130 19 15% 29 95 325% 48 7.4 23% 67 98 ---
FF-1 Coso bighorn (III) 5 92 28 30% 260 100 39% 29 8.9 19% 35 14 21%
FF-2 Coso bighorn (III) 4 55 15 27% 300 130 43% 17 4.8 21% 41 18 27%
FF-3 “Medicine bag” 4 54 15 28% 360 81 22% 15 4.0 27% 46 10 19%
LLA-1 Curvilin. abstract 9 610 99 16% 750 87 12% 110 18 7% 73 8.4 4%
LLA-2 Atlatl 6 220 20 9% 250 79 31% 22 2.0 5% 26 8.2 14%
LLA-3 Atlatl 10 350 63 18% 330 74 23% 34 6.1 8% 33 7.4 8%
LLA-4 Atlatl (repecked) 6 26 6 24% 380 53 14% 5.5 1.3 15% 35 4.9 7%
LL8-1 Metate 3 21 15 72% 120 39 31% 5.4 3.8 54% 41 13 33%
LL8-2 Metate 3 2 2 --- 41 12 30% 0.4 0.6 --- 6.8 2.0 30%
LL8-3 Coso bighorn (III) 9 56 47 83% 93 60 64% 7.9 6.5 30% 14 7.5 24%
LL7-1A Bighorn sheep (I) 2 59 0 0% 220 10 4% 13 0.0 7% 21 0.9 6%
LL7-1B Bighorn sheep (I) 2 38 0 1% 320 26 8% 8.6 0.1 7% 31 2.5 9%
LL7-2 PB Anthropom. 10 97 44 45% 320 120 37% 13 5.8 18% 52 20 13%
LL7-3 “Bear paw” 3 65 13 20% 370 9 3% 19 3.8 15% 51 1.3 2%
LL7-4 Anthropomorph 2 33 2 5% 340 50 15% 34 1.7 10% 50 7.3 19%
LL4-1 Bighorn sheep (II) 9 140 31 22% 240 73 30% 17 4.8 11% 40 15 11%
LL4-2 Rectilinear abstract 3 190 9 5% 210 15 7% 26 1.2 7% 36 2.6 10%
Average 28% 27%a 20% 18%a

a) without FFS-2