Micromorphology or soil analysis

Thursday 4 September - 16h50
Director: Pauline Lecomte
Year: 2023
Screening: French
Production: Olivier Silberstein
Scientific advisory board: Images du Patrimoine
Running time: 3'
Country: Switzerland
Soil is the mirror of our civilizations, and the traces it contains provide invaluable information. Geoarchaeology is the study of the memory of soils and sediments in archaeological contexts. Among the many techniques used by this interdisciplinary science, micromorphology allows the earth to "speak" under the microscope.