To act as a center or main center interconnecting the other relevant laboratories and facilities that serve in the field of archeometry and conservation in Europe and Turkey. To be in contact with the other institutions, which carry out the archeometric analyses, and to prepare an online database, which contains an analysis infrastructure, for Turkey by creating a communication network, and to inform the archaeologists and researchers, who request an analysis, about the available options.
To become a center giving an advice for the archaeologists, conservators, architects, restoration experts, researchers, other relevant scientists and students in the immediate area with respect to the laboratory techniques and analytical procedures.
To train the students and researchers with respect to the archeometric techniques for the purpose of introducing and expanding the analysis in the interpretations in the archaeological studies and cultural heritage management, and establishing a permanent tradition for the future generations.
To advise the Ministry of Culture and Tourism about the laboratory techniques in the archaeological analysis and conservation practices as well as about the conservation and restoration interventions, and to be the main advisory channel for the international authorizations for analysis samples of the archaeological samples.
To help conservation of the cultural heritage by compiling the archaeological find warehouses as an archaeological information archive both digitally and materially.
To carry out use, maintenance and coordination of all devices, including the X-ray Diffractometer, X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, Scanning Electron Microscope, within the Archaeology Laboratory of the Turkish Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.
To carry out the analysis requests in a timely manner in accordance with the service measurements.
To turn the laboratory of the Institute into an accredited archeometry center by issuing the scientific publications in relation to the analyses performed.
To train the undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral research assistants and visiting researchers, coming from Turkey, the European Union and other regions of the world, about the samples, instrumentation and measurement.
To file an application for the projects supported by the European Union, and to carry out the research projects.
To act as a co-supervisor if and when required to support the students with respect to their undergraduate or graduate thesis studies themed with the archeometry.
To carry out the workshops with respect to the devices, archeometry and conservation in the laboratory of the Institute.
To take the lead to expand the instrument repertoire for the purpose of making the laboratory more comprehensive.
To advise the Ministry about the authorization and rules of the Excavations Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey with respect to the analysis of the archaeological finds obtained from the archaeological excavations, and to inform the employees of the Ministry about the archeometry, if and when required.
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