Research
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Prof. Elisabetta Boaretto
Our group aims to time cultural, environmental, and material changes in human history. We use radiocarbon dating and microarchaeological methods to build high-resolution chronologies of past events. We are interested in exploiting modern plants and archaeobotanical remains for past-climate reconstructions and develop new methods for radiocarbon dating of challenging materials. The center of the lab is the Dangoor Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometer system (D-REAMS).
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Prof. Stephen Weiner
The overall aim of my research in archaeology is to extract information from mainly the minerals and mineralized tissues preserved in the archaeological record in order to better understand site formation processes, and through this past human behavior. I integrate insights gained from my research in biomineralization that also focusses on minerals – how they form in the biological environment and how they function. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy is a key method in my archaeological research. It can be used both on-site and off-site. In 2010 I published the book “Microarchaeology: Beyond the Visible Archaeological Record”.
The Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science Infrared Standards Library
The library contains over 360 spectra of minerals and biogenic materials useful for the fields of archaeology and biomineralization. The library can be downloaded free at no charge from the Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science website