Provenance Study of Archaeological Ceramics from Syria Using XRF Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Thermoluminescence Dating

Table 2

Factor loading for the samples data set, twelve elements.

Elements	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
Ca	−0.31	0.84	−0.25
Fe	0.32	0.29	0.52
K	−0.10	0.91	0.02
Mn	0.31	0.04	0.72
Nb	0.25	−0.77	−0.22
Pb	0.04	−0.64	−0.31
Rb	0.35	−0.20	0.51
Sr	−0.51	0.34	−0.09
Ti	0.81	−0.19	0.34
Y	0.94	−0.25	0.03
Zn	0.47	0.27	0.39
Zr	0.70	−0.15	0.38
Total variance %	25.0	24.8	14.0