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Please contact us with your specific requirements if the technique you require is not listed.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"bold\">Geoarchaeology and Sedimentology<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Borehole surveys using manual or mechanical methods<\/li>\n<li>Geoarchaeological monitoring and site visits<\/li>\n<li>On-site environmental sampling including column\/monolith, bulk and micromorphology\/Kubiena sampling<\/li>\n<li>Sediment descriptions (field and laboratory-based)<\/li>\n<li>Organic matter determinations<\/li>\n<li>Humification analysis<\/li>\n<li>pH determinations<\/li>\n<li>Particle size analysis<\/li>\n<li>Phosphate analysis<\/li>\n<li>Calcium carbonate analysis<\/li>\n<li>Magnetic susceptibility analysis<\/li>\n<li>Preparation and analysis of micromorphology slides<\/li>\n<li>Preparation and analysis of petrographic slides<\/li>\n<li>GIS analysis<\/li>\n<li>Deposit modelling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"bold\">Archaeobotany and Zooarchaeology<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Flotation<\/li>\n<li>Wet sieving<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of flots and sorting residues<\/li>\n<li>Charcoal assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Charred plant remains assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Diatom assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Foraminifera and Ostracoda assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Fungal spore assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Insect assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Mollusca assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Parasites assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Phytolith assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Pollen assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Small faunal remains assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Testate amoebae assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Waterlogged plant remains assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Waterlogged wood assessment and analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"bold\">Geochemistry<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>XRD bulk mineralogy (X-Ray Diffraction)<\/li>\n<li>XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence)<\/li>\n<li>ICP-OES (inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry)<\/li>\n<li>ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry)<\/li>\n<li>GC (Gas Chromatography)<\/li>\n<li>HPLC (High-performance liquid chromatography)<\/li>\n<li>GC\/MS (Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry)<\/li>\n<li>GC-C-IRMS (Gas Chromatography &#8211; Combustion-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry)<\/li>\n<li>Inorganic carbon analysis<\/li>\n<li>Total organic carbon analysis<\/li>\n<li>Isotopic analysis (<sup>210<\/sup>Pb, Pb isotopes, U-series)<\/li>\n<li>Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM)<\/li>\n<li>X-ray microanalysis (EDX, WDX)<\/li>\n<li>Visible light and IR microscopy<\/li>\n<li>C\/N isotopes and O\/H isotopes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"bold\">Geochronology<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Radiocarbon dating (external)<\/li>\n<li>Tephrochronology<\/li>\n<li>Dendrochronology<\/li>\n<li><sup>210<\/sup>Pb dating<\/li>\n<li>U-series dating<\/li>\n<li>Optically stimulated Luminescence (OSL) laboratories<\/li>\n<li>Thermo luminescence (T-L) dating laboratories<\/li>\n<li>Oxcal, Bacon chronological modelling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is an indicative list of our geoarchaeological and environmental services. 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