Department of Ecosystem Biology

The programme is designed for students intersetd in biological and ecological disciplines who aim to work at non-academic positions. After graduating, students may apply for positions in state administration, consultant or other specialised services or in non-profit sector, or continue in master studies in programmes offered by FSc.

This promgramme is primarily focused on Czech students and runs mainly in Czech.

Cooperation

Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology

Cooperation

Arbodat Databasis

Database program ArboDatMulti (http://www.arup.cas.cz/czad/arbodat.php?l=en) serves for storing and evaluating of archeobotanical data. The database program is based on MS Access. It enables interconnecting of several data-tables comprising data of archeobotanical analyses, details of archaeological excavations as well as data about ecological and other traits of plant taxa.

The benefit of ArboDatMulti is the possibility to store data from many archaeobotanical analyses in only one MS Access file, which enables easy searching for data according to various criteria. Other benefit is the possibility to store data in a unified form (for example thanks to a uniform coding system of plant taxa as well as other indexes). The Archaeobotanical database of the Czech Republic (CZAD) administered by the Institute of Archaeology AS CR in Prague (http://www.arup.cas.cz/czad/index.php?l=en) was also based on ArboDatMulti.

For those users, who are not familiar with MS Access, the ArboDatMulti program offers a user friendly interface of interactive forms. On the other hand, the program offers unlimited possibilities for more advanced users, since the data tables in the program are freely accessible.

The handbook for users of ArboDatMulti is here (EN_Manual.pdf).
Contact: Adéla Pokorná (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Services

Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology

Services

Analytical services in the laboratory

The laboratory of archaeobotany and paleoecology provides analytical services to archaeological sites in the Czech Republic and abroad. LAPE has an equipped chemical laboratory, a floating room, a sample preparation room, a microscope room and extensive reference botanical and zoological collections. We mainly perform the following analyses:

The analysis of botanical macro-remains,
Xylotomy/anthracological analysis,
dendrochronological analysis,
pollen analysis,
Phytolith analysis and analysis of starch grains,
archaeozoological analysis,
sampling for radiocarbon dating.

Since the Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia and the Biological Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. in České Budějovice have experts in many other specializations interesting for archaeologists (e.g. entomology, parasitology), other specialists can also be contacted based on an agreement.

Microscopic documentation

The laboratory of archaeobotany and paleoecology provides freely accessible services focused on the preparation and documentation of samples for environmental archeology disciplines.

Equipment used on LAPE:

digital microscope Keyence VHX 7000
optical microscope Leica DM 2500P with recording device Leica MC 170 HD
microscope Nikon Eclipse 80i
binocular microscope Nikon SMZ 150

Field consultation

Cooperation with archaeologists takes place on several levels. This usually involves direct advice on archaeological research, design of sampling strategy, composition and course of environmental analyses.

After the agreed analyzes have been carried out, an analytical report will be drawn up or an output delivered in the form that was agreed upon at the beginning of the cooperation. At the customer's request, photo documentation of the most interesting finds can be made (in digital form in high-quality resolution for printing). If interested, the results can be edited for publication purposes in Czech or English.

Information on available capacities for individual analyzes and the price list of our services will be sent to interested parties upon request.

Contact person: Blanka Bodnárová