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Documentation of lithics by drawing has been developing since last almost two hundred years. In the case of the oldest drawings, a volume of lithics was depicted by an artistic shading, later by a dense hatching (see e.g. Absolon 1935)...
Traceology or microscopic use-wear analysis is an archaeological method, which, with a help of a microscope, looks for characteristic traces of usage on surfaces of tools. Sometimes it can help to find also some specific traces of a damage or residua, which can help to...
Teeth cementum microstructures analysis is often used for an age determination of humans and animals. The cementum grows during the entire life of an individual. The cementum growths are studied on thin sections, which are made in the first third of a tooth root...
Archaeogenetic was established as an independent discipline at the beginning of 1990s and it has been developing for many years also in Central Europe (see a conclusive article by Pavelka and Šmejda, 2007)...
Stable isotope analyses (C, N, O and Sr) have been for a relatively long time used in geochemistry, geochronology and geology. The Strontium isotopes ratio (87Sr/86Sr) is used in geology for example for a dating of sea sediments and intrusive igneous rocks...
Archaeozoology or zooarchaeology is a scientific discipline studying faunal remains from archaeological sites, such as bones and teeth of vertebrata, mollusc shells etc. The aim of this discipline is to study developments of the relationships between humans and animals...
Xylotomical and anthracological analysis makes use of anatomical determination of wood fragments. The xylotomical analysis is focused on uncharred wood fragments (water preserved, mineralized or metal incrusted wood), whereas the anthracological analysis deals with charred wood fragments, e.g. charcoal...
Pollen grains are male plant cells for sexual reproduction and transfer of genetic information. Their size is since 15 to 200 μm. Spores of ferns, mosses and horsetail are different and their role in reproduction is different. Plants produce huge amount of pollen grains, which are...
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry laboratory (XRF lab) has been a part of the Archaeological Centre in Olomouc since September 2018. The lab is currently equipped with an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (Delta Dynamic XRF, BAS Rudice), two (mobile and a table) drills for a sampling and a laptop with...
Two basic types of methods are possible to apply in a frame of the electron microscopy. Each of these methods use different equipment and is based on different attitude and sample pre-treatment for the analysis and following outputs....