Trace element composition of archaeological artifacts is commonly used for
provenance studies. Limestone has generally studied by geologists and there are
a few researches done by various archaeological sciences. Although it is a
common material for buildings and sculpture it is been thought that limestone
used had not imported like marbles.
Limestone figurines from Datç / a/Emecik excavations are classified as Cypriote
type, which was very popular through 6th century B.C. in the Mediterranean
region. Since this type of figurines was found at Emecik numerously to determine
its provenance was an important problem.
Emecik figurines were examined for their some major, trace elements and REE
compositions and results were compared with geological samples which were
taken from a near by quarry. Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission
Spectrometry (ICP-OES), Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)
have been used for analysis. The methods have been optimized by using
standard reference material NIST 1d, NCS DC 73306, and IGS40.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608429/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 May 2007 |
| Creators | Muskara, Uftade |
| Contributors | Ataman, Yavuz O. |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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