Carbon Dating Lab Beta Analytic Takes Co-sponsorship Role in 3rd Austrian Archaeometry Congress

The world’s largest professional carbon-14 dating lab Beta Analytic Inc. is supporting the Dritter Osterreichischer Archäometriekongress (Third Austrian Archaeometry Congress) as a co-sponsor. The two-day congress is held at the Interfakultärer Fachbereich Gerichtsmedizin und Forensische Neuropsychiatrie (Department of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Neuropsychiatry) of the University of Salzburg beginning May 13, 2011.

The congress is organized by the University of Salzburg in cooperation with CAMAS, CHC Research Group for Archaeometry and Cultural Heritage Consulting, and Osterreichisches Forschungszentrum Durrnberg. This year’s event features varied researches in archaeological sciences including:

Sarah Karimnia – “Catastrophe, Crime scene, or Ritual? A nine-fold burial from Salzmünde, Germany”

Caren Wegener & Anke Prochnow – “New Technologies in human identification for most challenging samples – Investigator Quantiplex and Investigator DIPplex Kit”

Katja Sterflinger-Gleixner – “The ravages of time: how and why microbes deteriorated objects of cultural heritage and what they tell us about their history.”

Michael Grabner & Kurt Nicolussi – “Dendrochronologie – spezielle Anforderungen der Archäologie”

Franziska Lang – “Ceramic reloaded – portable RFA und archäologische Keramikforschung”

Carbon Dating Services of Beta Analytic

Beta Analytic is the only ISO/IEC 17025:2005-accredited Carbon-14 dating lab in the world. The company is based in Miami, Florida, and has several sample forwarding facilities including London, UK; Sydney, Australia; São Paulo, Brazil; Beijing, China; New Delhi, India; and Nagoya, Japan. Samples sent to these forwarding facilities are sent to Miami via overnight courier services at Beta Analytic’s expense.

Beta Analytic would like to thank Dr. Jan Cemper Kiesslich of the University of Salzburg for his assistance. The company’s flyers are distributed as part of the registration packets. The company’s logo is displayed in the conference’s sponsors web page and book of abstracts.