Sampling of Metals from Kerkenes Dađ
Metal objects and fragments uncovered at Kerkenes Dađ were once again analyzed by
Joseph Lehner using a portable X-ray fluorescence device complimented in certain cases by
discrete sample collection for thin sectioning. Samples were taken for analysis at the Cotsen
Institute of Archaeology at the University of California – Los Angeles and will help provide a
much better understanding of where the metal in the objects originated and how they were
made.
A copper alloy piece with tinning (Fig. 172), from trench TR01 located in the Palatial
Complex excavated in 2002 was among the metal objects studied.
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