Stable Isotope Analysis Preparation Facility

We reconstruct past diets, animal management strategies, environments, and climates. Our goal is to understand the lifeways of people in the past. 

This laboratory supports research student and undergraduate student research projects. The lab applies stable isotope methodologies and biomolecular techniques. The facilities allow collagen to be extracted from bone and dentine for the analysis of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur. Tooth enamel carbonate specimens can be prepared for oxygen and carbon stable isotope analysis of teeth.