Laboratories
Links
Ancient Metallurgy Research Group
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/depart/resgrp/amrg/amrginfo.html
Leading center for the study of ancient metals and metallurgy at the University of Bradford, Department of Archaeological Sciences, headed by Prof. A.M. Pollard.
Bristol Archaeological Science Research Group
http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~alan/Arch/fasb.html
Outline of scientific research projects related to archaeology at Bristol University, some in collaboration between departments.
Nottingham University Tree Ring Dating Laboratory
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/archaeology/contact.html
The Laboratory has dated over 600 buildings in England and Wales. Outline of its activities.
Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory
http://www.dendrochronology.com/
An independent tree-ring dating laboratory concentrating primarily on the dating and analysis of standing timber structures. Projects, publications, the dated buildings register.
Geochron Laboratories / Krueger Enterprises Isotopic Analyses
Providing radiocarbon, potassium-argon, stable isotopes, and other radiometric analyses. Serving researchers in geology, geochronology, archaeology, anthropology, hydrology, and environmental and food adulteration studies. Additional analyses include C-14 by AMS, tritium, Sr, Rb-Sr, Pb, U-Pb, and Sm-Nd.
The Laboratory for Comparative Microarchaeology and Metal Conservation
http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/institute/facilities/compmicroarch_metalcon_lab.html
Accommodates the facilities for a wide choice of microarchaeological analyzes. It can support studies in the fields of ceramic petrography, micromorphology of sediments, use-wear analysis of artifacts, microbotany, palynology, micropaleontology, obsidian hydration dating, and metallography.
Tree-Ring Services
Independent tree-ring dating laboratory providing analysis of ancient trees, timber-frame buildings to archaeological timbers. Individual reports, current projects and rates detailed.