Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità

Laboratory of Use-Wear and Residues Analysis (LTFAPA)

Supervisor: Lemorini Cristina

Contact: cristina.lemorini@uniroma1.it, ltfapa@uniroma1.it

Activities: 

The laboratory specializes in the technological and functional analysis—through trace analysis and
residue analysis—of lithic, bone, ceramic, and metallic artifacts. The laboratory is equipped with
various equipment for sample preparation, observation, and documentation. In addition to being a
research space, the laboratory also serves as an educational environment where students learn to
create reference collections and analyze archaeological artifacts and surfaces by applying specific
methodologies, as well as documenting data through photographic and micro-photogrammetric
restitution and entering data into dedicated databases.
Experimental Archaeology is an integral part of the laboratory’s teaching and research activities.
Each year, experimental activities are organized and conducted to reproduce artifacts based on
specific archaeological contexts, involving students from various curricula in archaeology and
numerous Erasmus students.
Staff from the Department can book non-destructive morphological analysis sessions (optical,
digital, electronic, confocal microscopy) and chemical analyses (SEM EDX).
For third-party requests, see the attachment.

Laboratory Users:

• Undergraduate and Master's students in Archaeology
• PhD students in Archaeology
• Postdocs, Research Fellows, and Scholarship Holders
• Scholars

Equipment: 

• Stereomicroscopes with reflected and transmitted light illumination system
• Metallographic microscope with reflected and transmitted light
• Polarized light reflected microscope
• Digital microscope
• Field digital microscope
• SEM-EDX microscope
• Confocal fluorescence microscope

Staff: 

• Cristina Lemorini – Associate Professor, laboratory supervisor
• Giulia Previti – RTDA (Researcher with fixed-term employment)
• Vanessa Forte – RTT (Temporary Researcher)

Opening Hours and Location: 

Faculty of Arts, Ground Floor. Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM