Research methods

Methods

We connect field context, laboratory measurement, spatial analysis and historical interpretation.

Methodological framework

Fieldwork

Field sampling

Profiles, transects, grids, control samples, stratigraphic documentation and landscape context.

Chemical signal

Geochemistry

pXRF and elemental signals of activity areas, buildings, waste, burial, erosion and sedimentation.

Biogeochemistry

Isotope analysis

Carbon, nitrogen, strontium and sulphur according to the research question, material type and temporal scale.

Microstratigraphy

Micromorphology

Thin sections, soil processes, microstratigraphy, traces of waste, burning, trampling and sedimentation.

Space

GIS and maps

Spatial relations of sites, historical maps, terrain models, distances and landscape units.

Data

Data modelling

R workflows, statistics, interpolation, multivariate analyses and reproducible outputs.