Dear Philippa,
How fast do you need your samples? On the moment we have no charcoal samples
in our laboratory, but we do get occasionally big samples to analyze.
Normally after the analysis we send the samples directly back to the
excavator. I'll contact you if we have anything available.
greetings
Pauline van Rijn
BIAX Consult
Onderzoeksbureau voor Biologische Archeologie en Landschapsreconstructie
Hogendijk 134
1506 AL Zaandam
tel. 075 616 10 10
fax: 075 614 99 80
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.biax.nl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philippa Ascough" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:22 PM
Subject: Charcoal sample availability
> 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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