MSc in Cultural Heritage Materials & Technologies
culttech.uop.gr
The Laboratory of Archaeometry (established in 2007, in operation since 2010) is part of the Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management of the University of the Peloponnese and is situated in the city of Kalamata. It specialises in analytical, non-invasive research of archaeological collections, absolute dating and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction studies.
The Laboratory is active in a regional (Prefecture of Peloponnese) and national level with academic, research institutions, the Ministry of Culture, and in collaboration with E.U. organizations through a number of research projects.
Laboratory Infrastructure
The Laboratory is active in a regional (Prefecture of Peloponnese) and national level with academic, research institutions, the Ministry of Culture, and in collaboration with E.U. organizations through a number of research projects.
Laboratory Infrastructure
- Sample preparation rooms with controlled light (for luminescence use), fume cupboards (3)
- Optical microscopes Leica (6), LED optical microscopes (1 Moritex, 1 Bresser), Polarised microscope Leica (1) PC connected and software controlled (Leica MC120 HD)
- Proton Magnetometer GEOMETRICS (G859)
- Coring devices (2), hand drill and gas operated
- PC units (6)
- GPS (2), Garmin 60CX, ETEX20
- Total GPS Station, GPT-3005PLN GPS GR-5, TOPCON
- Digital camera Canon EOS600D
- GIS software (ArcInfo)
- Laboratory standards (glasses, soils, metals)
- X-Rays Fluorescence XRF, Bruker TRACER IV-SD (software S1XRF)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (Jeol JSM-6510LV) equipped with Energy Dispersive Analyser EDS (OXFORD Inca energy 250 X-ct systems)
- RAMAN spectroscopy, Xplora HORIBA Scientific (785 nm and 532 nm lasers)