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Cedrus: Akdeniz Uygarlıkları Araştırma Dergisi, vol.9, no.0, pp.109-129, 2021 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Eighty-five limestone figurines found in the archaic sanctuary of Apollon within the territory of Knidos, near the modern Emecik village of Datça were investigated by means of ICP-OES and ICP-MS techniques. The aim of this study was to determine the provenance of the raw materials of the figurines from Emecik. Geological reference samples collected from the Datça peninsula and Cyprus were investigated as the possible origin. Micropaleontologic analysis by thin sections was applied to identify planktonic foraminiferal species in the samples. Based upon REEs and trace element contents, Emecik figurines are characterized into Group 1 and Group 2. The raw material of the Group 1 figurines has been identified as local. The geochemical composition of Group 2 showed high similarity with examples collected at outcrops from the Pakhna formation in Cyprus, although they exhibit minor variations. Our data suggest that in parallel with the predominance of the Cypriote source, simultaneous or asynchronous use of the local limestone type was evident in Emecik. This result can imply different connections and of itinerant sculptor routes from the Datça Peninsula to the other regions.