Scientific offering

  • Advice of archaeological projects
  • Analysis of metals and trace elements
  • Analysis of soils, sediments, wastes, plants and waters
  • Characterisation of ancien mortars (aggregate/binder ratio, composition, conservation state)
  • Characterisation of rocks: petrografical and mineralogical, chemical and phisical analysis(porous system, hydric and mechanical properties,etc)
  • Conservation studies of monuments. Recomendations about restoration interventions.
  • Evaluation of natural resources (climate, soils, waters, landscape) and environmental assesment
  • Formation in Soil Science
  • Microclimatic studies applied to monument conservation
  • Soil inventary and mapping
  • Study of biological colonisation and its effects on monuments
  • Study of wall paintings (chemical and micromorphological analysis). Risks assesment.
  • Tests on stone treatments (cleaning, biocide, water repellent and consolidating treatments)