Archaeobotanical laboratories
GINYS-IPHES-001
Dr Isabel Expósito Barea
Responsable del Laboratori d'Arqueobotànica
The laboratory associated with the Archaeobotany unit includes the equipment and material needed for the processing and assembly of pollen and phytolith samples. The unit also has a cold room for the conservation of sedimentary cores and a dirty area where washing and flotation of small volumes for the recovery of carbonized materials can be performed.
The Archaeobotany laboratory also houses the reference collections of pollen, wood and charcoal, as well as the materials needed for its preparation (microtome, stove, oven, etc.). In addition, we have optical microscopy equipment, reference atlases for the study of pollen and charcoal and access to Tilia software, specific for the processing of paleobotanical data.
Services
- Preparation of sedimentary samples for palynological residue extraction.
- Processing of sedimentary samples to obtain palynological concentrate for radiocarbon dating.
- Washing, flotation and selection of sedimentary samples for obtaining charcoal and fossil carbonized seeds.
Equipment
• Magnetic
stirrer
stirrer
• Orbital shaker
• Vortex mixer
• Analytical
balance
balance
• Thermostatted
bath
bath
• Ultrasonic bath
• Vacuum pump
• Digital camera
(EUROMEX CMOS 10MP)
(EUROMEX CMOS 10MP)
• Gas extraction
hood
hood
• Cold room
• Digital control
centrifuges
centrifuges
•
Stereomicroscope (CETI Steddy-T)
Stereomicroscope (CETI Steddy-T)
• Stove
• Muffle Furnace
• Microcentrifuge
• Microscope
(EUROMEX Iscope)
(EUROMEX Iscope)
• Microscope
(MOTIC Panthera TEC MAT)
(MOTIC Panthera TEC MAT)
• Microscope
(Olympus Cx41)
(Olympus Cx41)
• Agate Mortar
• Heating plate
• Filtration unit
Staff
