Umeå Environmental Archaeology Laboratory, MAL

Our services:

We offer analysis of plant macrofossils, pollen, insects, diatoms, anthracology, geoarchaeology, spectroscopy. We are also developing spectroscopy and image analysis. Our aim is also curation and improvement of reference collections. As we offer a wide range of analysis methods of archeological material we can also combine these in a multiproxy approach.

Our equipment:

• Lab with microscopes
• XRF
• Raman
• FT-IR
• NIR probe & NIR camera
• Hyperspectral camera with conveyor belt
• Field sampling equipment
• Sample preparation and storage space
• Insect, seed and wood reference collections

Contact:

Director Ivanka Hristova

Geoarcheology Johan Linderholm

Archaeobotany Sofi Östman

Pollen & diatomées Christos Katrantiotis

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