Dear all,
I am writing to inquire about the availability of
charcoal samples for inclusion in a research project in which I am
currently involved. We are characterizing aspects of charcoal
degradation in natural environments and part of the project includes
analysis of charcoal samples that have been in archaeological or
natural deposits for extended periods of time. Because a large number
of analyses will be done on any one sample, each charcoal sample
included in the project needs to be quite large. Ideally we are
looking for 50-100g of charcoal from a sample, although I am aware
that these sizes are infrequent and smaller amounts may be more
realistic. We are interested in charcoals from as wide a range of
environments as possible, therefore if anyone knows of suitable
samples from which material would be available I would be very
interested to hear from them.
With best wishes,
Philippa Ascough.
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