Microscopes and laboratory facilities:

• one ZEISS Confocal Microscopy SmartProof 5 (10x-1000x);

• one ZEISS AxioZoom V16 Motorized Stereo Microscope (10X-168X);

• one ZEISS AxioScope A1 Metallographic Microscope (50X-500X);

• one ZEISS Discovery V20 stereomicroscope (10X-170X);

• one ZEISS Imager Transmitted light Microscope (200X-1000X);

• one NIKON Eclipse-Ni fluorescence cross-polarized transmitted light microscope (100X-400X);

• ultrapure water tank Merck Millipor;

• one Ultrasonic Cleaner AU-32 Argo Lab;

• one rotator;

• one microcentrifuge Thermoscientific;

• one Nabertherm muffle furnace (30°-1300°);

• one refrigerator.

Experimental reference collections:

• flaked and non-flaked replicas utilized to work vegetal, animal, and mineral matters;

• a reference collection of vegetal (including fibers used for textile activities), animal, and mineral micro-debris;

• a botanic collection of more than 250 species of wild plants coming from South East Europe, Africa, and the Near East comprising also starch granules and phytoliths;

• amongst the research and teaching facilities, the laboratory hosts a database specifically created for the recording of micro-botanical remains amongst which also starch granules and phytoliths.

Equipment and software for geomatic analyses:

• a permanent stage for close-range photogrammetry comprising a lightbox, a Canon EOS 500D DSLR camera, and an automatic turntable;

• a workstation dedicated to 3D models and surface morphometric analyses with a suite of software including; MountainsMap, Cloud Compare, and MeshLab.