Sampling of Metals from Kerkenes Dağ
     Metal objects and fragments uncovered at Kerkenes Dağ 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.