Archaeology has been taught and researched at Durham University since 1931. We are home to excellent facilities, including research laboratories in DNA, conservation, isotope analysis, environmental archaeology, luminescence dating, paleopathology and bone chemistry.
Taking our leading expertise in archaeology and our world class facilities we provide the following commercial services.
Visiting us: You may have missed our Digital Archaeology showcase event in the Dawson Building, but keep checking back as we will be holding more events. Alternatively, you can contact any of the services listed below to arrange a visit related to your needs.
Durham University Isotope Laboratory have been providing commercial services in isotopes for over 10 years. Our pioneering isotope experts and world class facilities are here to service your needs.
We can identify unknown materials and quantify them, providing you with the data you need to help interpret the role of artefacts or groups of artefacts within their archaeological context.
Our Digital Visualisation Lab supports research, teaching, and commercial activities with a broad variety of digital methods and techniques.
The Durham Luminescence dating laboratory undertakes dating of coarse or fine-grained Quartz and K-feldspars from sediment, pottery, ceramics, bricks, mortar, etc. at the multi-grain and single-grain levels.
We specialise in the conservation of archaeological artefacts, objects from museum collections, as well as research and analysis of artefacts using a wide variety of scientific techniques.
Not sure who to contact or which lab you need? Email us with an outline of what you're wanting to do and we'll get the right person to contact you back.
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