Whether minerals, biominerals, rocks, ores, metals, ceramics, glass, pigments, organic material such as bones or teeth, here you will find all the materials that can be examined and analysed in our laboratories.<\/p>\n\n\n
“Apatite”, or more precisely the calcium phosphate hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2), is the mineral component of enamel, dentine as well as bone and provides the compressive strength of these hard tissues.<\/p>\n
\n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Methods used in archaeometry can be used to study so-called bio-based materials. <\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Bone is mineralized hard tissue and forms the skeleton.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Bricks are an important building material in human settlements.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Carbonates are reaction products (salts, esters) of carbonic acid and play an important role, especially in environmental research. <\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n For luminescence dating, ceramic samples must be recovered in a moist state. \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Charcoal provides a wealth of information about the past and environmental conditions.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Content will be added shortly<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Collagen is a structural protein and provides elasticity and torsional capacity of biogenic hard tissue.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Dentin is the main component of teeth and forms both the inside of the tooth crown and the root.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Food remains are an important culture-historic and archaeological source of information to reconstruct the life of our ancestors.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Fuels are chemical substances that release energy during combustion and thus usually drive combustion engines<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Today, glass is a widely used and versatile material that dates back to the Bronze Age.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Our 14C dating laboratory allows us to analyse sample material that has already been prepared and reduced to graphite. \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Hair, as well as the animal variants fur or feathers, are keratin structures formed on the outer skin.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Content will be added shortly<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Ivory is the tusks of elephants or mammoth (fossil ivory). But also tusks of hippos, walrus or other whale species are called ivory in the broadest sense.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Leather is usually tanned – chemically preserved – animal skin from cattle, horses, buffalo, pigs, etc. Depending on the tanning process, the proportion of skin is between approx. <\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n lant remains – such as leaves – is an important material in archaeological research. <\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Lithium belongs to the alkali metals, is the lightest metal and has a silvery-white colour in its pure form.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Lubricants, such as oils or greases, can be produced petrochemically (from crude oil or natural gas) or from renewable raw materials.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n etals are today among the most important materials due to their various properties.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n ortar – an important and widely used building material – is available in many different compositions and with various organic tempering materials.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n The term non-ferrous metals is a collective term from materials science under which a part of the so-called non-ferrous metals are summarised.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Content will be added shortly<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Ores are naturally occurring mixtures of metal-containing minerals that were and are mined as raw materials for metal extraction<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Content will be added shortly<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Paper (from Latin\/Greek papyrus) is a material made mainly from plant fibres.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Inhalte werden in K\u00fcrze erg\u00e4nzt. \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Content will be added shortly<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Plants are highly informative in archaeological research.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n In archaeometallurgy, the term precious metals is mainly used to describe gold and silver and their alloys.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Contents will be added shortly<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Sediments are an integral part of climate research.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Plant remains – such as seeds – are important objects of archaeological research. <\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Mussels and snails have a carbonate shell, usually aragonite or calcite.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Das Skelett ist der passive Teil des Bewegungsapparats.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n The skin of humans and animals is a functionally versatile organ.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Slags are non-metallic residues from various ore smelting processes that have solidified into glass or in crystalline form.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Speleothems (cave mineral) are secondary mineral deposits that are formed by moisture in cavities.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Content will be added shortly<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Plastics are not subject in archaeology. However, methods used in archaeometry can be used to examine them.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Textile is a generic term for processed raw materials that are made into yarns, fabrics, braids, non-wovens, felts and more. <\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Teeth are used to chew up food and — together with bones — they form the skeleton.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Enamel forms the outer, white layer of the tooth crown and is the hardest substance in the body of mammals.<\/p>\n \n \n Read more <\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n Water – one of the most important resources on earth – is the focus of many scientific studies.<\/p>\n Biogenic material<\/h2>\n
Bone<\/h2>\n
Brick<\/h2>\n
Carbonate<\/h2>\n
Ceramics & porcelain<\/h2>\n
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Clay<\/h2>\n
Collagen<\/h2>\n
Dentine<\/h2>\n
Food remains<\/h2>\n
Fuels<\/h2>\n
Glass, glaze and enamel<\/h2>\n
Graphite<\/h2>\n
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Iron<\/h2>\n
Ivory<\/h2>\n
Leather<\/h2>\n
Leaves<\/h2>\n
Lithium<\/h2>\n
Lubricants<\/h2>\n
Metal<\/h2>\n
Mortar<\/h2>\n
Non ferrous metal<\/h2>\n
Obsidian<\/h2>\n
Ore<\/h2>\n
Painting<\/h2>\n
Paper<\/h2>\n
Peat<\/h2>\n
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Plant<\/h2>\n
Precious metal<\/h2>\n
Rock<\/h2>\n
Sediment<\/h2>\n
Seed<\/h2>\n
Shell<\/h2>\n
Skeleton<\/h2>\n
Skin<\/h2>\n
Slag<\/h2>\n
Speleothem<\/h2>\n
Surface treatment<\/h2>\n
Synthetic material<\/h2>\n
Textile<\/h2>\n
Tooth<\/h2>\n
Tooth enamel<\/h2>\n
Water<\/h2>\n