Research Equipment

Polarized light microscopy

Polarized light microscopy

  • Ceramic petrography
  • Soil and sediment micromorphology
  • Phytolith extraction and quantification
  • Wood ash extraction and quantification
  • Dung spherulite extraction and quantification
  • Laboratories: Shahack-Gross, Friesem, Asscher
Stereoscopic Microscopes

Stereoscopic Microscopes

  • bone taphonomy, use-wear, sediments
  • Zeiss Discovery V.8 A stereoscopic microscope with a high-intensity direct light source, at x10ex80 magnification, with attached camera
  • Other Zeiss and Leica microscopes
  • Laboratories: Bar-Oz, Marom, Yeshurun, Groman-Yaroslavski, Friesem, Shahack-Gross
IR-Spectroscopy

Infrared Spectrometry

  • Mineralogical compositions in sediments, ceramics, plaster, and more
  • States of preservation in bones and teeth (collagen and mineral)
  • Determination of alterations due to heat
  • Determination of alterations due to post-depositional diagenetic processes
  • Laboratories: Shahack-Gross, Friesem, Asscher, Makarewicz
FTIR-microscopy

FTIR Microscopy

  • Mineralogical compositions in sediments, ceramics, plaster, and more
  • States of preservation in bones and teeth (collagen and mineral)
  • Determination of alterations due to post-depositional diagenetic processes
  • Laboratory: Shahack-Gross
Scanning-electron-microscope

Scanning Electron microscopy

  • Back scattered electron imaging
  • Elemental analysis using Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
  • Laboratory: Shahack-Gross
XRF

X-Ray Fluorescence

  • benchtop and portable
  • Elemental analysis
  • Laboratories: Eshel, Asscher, Cvikel
XRF Microscope

XRF microscopy

  • High resolution elemental analysis
  • Laboratories: Friesem, Asscher
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry

Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry

  • Stable isotopic determination of carbon and oxygen in bones and teeth (collagen and mineral)
  • Stable isotopic determination of nitrogen in bones and teeth (collagen)
  • Stable isotopic determination of strontium in tooth enamel
  • Laboratory: Makarewicz
מטלורגיה

Metallurgy

  • Metallographic microscope
  • Hardness tester
  • Laboratory: Eshel
spectrum

Hyperspectral Imaging

  • Microscopy, benchtop and portable
  • High resolution structural analysis on a large moving stage 1x1m
  • High resolution structural analysis under the microscope (in-situ XRF analyses)
  • Laboratories: Friesem, Asscher
Raman

Raman Spectrometry (portable)

  • High resolution molecular analysis
  • Laboratory: Asscher
3D Scanner

3D Scanning