Archaeometry Lab in 306 Young
I direct an archaeometry lab in 306 Young Hall which serves mainly as a sample preparation lab. Archaeometric analyses, such as Mass Spectrometry and X-Ray Diffraction, are generally carried out at other laboratories on campus. Equipment in the archaeometry lab includes:
Fume Hood
Thin sectioning equipment:
Buehler Ecomet 3 grinder-polisher
Buehler Isomet saw
Vacuum pump, vacuum bell, resin, etc.
Lindberg Blue Electric Kiln with programmable controller (to 1100 C)
Low-temperature Oven (Fisher)
Organic Residue Equipment:
N-Evap Nitrogen Evaporator (Organomation N112)
Micro Centrifuge
Other Sample Preparation Equipment:
Foredom Micro-Drill
Agate Mortars and Pestles
Rock Saw
Analytical Equipment:
Ohaus Balance (microgram sensitivity)
Digital Calipers
Dissecting Microscopes
Four thermocouples (to 1200 C) with digital data logger and PC program
A range of analytical equipment exists on campus that students can access. The anthropology department also owns a flot-tech flotation machine. In the past undergraduate students, graduate students, and myself have used the following equipment on campus:
Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (for chemical composition)
X-Ray Diffractometer (for mineralogy)
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (for C, N, and O isotopes)
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (for organic residues)
Electron Microprobe
Some pictures from the lab:
Sample Drilling Area
Drilling Olivella shells for stable isotope analysis
Sample Processing and Analysis Area
Devin Snyder floating sediments from pit-hearths found in the Owens Valley
Former undergraduate Jamie Dotey taking column sample for flotation analysis from CCO-548