Mukhamedshina, Nuranya M.Balcı, KubilayMirsagatova, A. AdibaKurap, GülnurBasarans, SaitAKYÜZ, SEVİMAKYÜZ, ZEKİ TANIL2018-07-112018-07-112015-120011-1643https://doi.org/10.5562/cca2747https://hdl.handle.net/11413/2008Ten terra-cotta sarcophagi, together with a terra-cotta aryballos (perfume jar), excavated in Su Terazisi necropolis of Enez-Turkey (Ancient Ainos), were investigated by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA), to determine the concentration of thirty two chemical elements: Na, K, Ca, Fe, Sc, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Yb, Lu, Hf, Ta, Th and U. The dataset was submitted to multivariate statistical analysis. The classification was done by cluster analysis. The results demonstrated the occurrence of two different groups of terra-cotta samples. Group I contains nine sarcophagi and terra-cotta aryballos whereas group II contains only one sample (E09-ST5-M26). High correlations between La and Ce (r(2) = 0.92), and U and Th (r(2) = 0.91) indicated that local clay was used for manufacturing the terra-cotta sarcophagi and aryballos but probably the claybed used for E09-ST5-M26 was different from that of others.en-USAncient terra-cotta sarcophagiArchaeometryInstrumental neutron activation analysisArticle3713743000013713743000012-s2.0-849650022832-s2.0-84965002283