The Experimental Archaeology Laboratory is a space recently created at the ICTS Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH). This Laboratory enables study of some of the most relevant aspects in human evolution, such as taphonomy, traceology (functionality) of stone tools, and recognition of knapping techniques, or the physical-chemical processes intervening in the formation of sites and alteration of the archaeopaleontological record. To be able to conduct analyses in the cited fields of study, this space has been equipped with specific equipment, including: 1) a high-speed video camera; 2) an accelerated weathering chamber; 3) an Olympus 3D microscope; 4) a universal testing machine; 5) a high-speed video camera; and 6) a space for dissection and treatment of organic samples. Within the Technical Area, and reporting to the Laboratory Manager, the person appointed will undertake the following tasks, among others: Devise use and standardization protocols for the accelerated weathering chamber, the universal testing machine and any other required as part of the process of exploiting the Laboratory and the equipment available; Enhance the CENIEH collections: the Mineral (LITHO), Taphonomy (TAPHO), Traceology (CET) and Comparative Anatomy (COAC) collections, including their digitalization andopening to the scientific community; Experimental design and performance of experimental work using the equipment available in the Laboratory.
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