Spain

The Spanish node of E-RIHS is in the constitution phase.

Services offered in the country

• Center for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets of Castilla y León: will offer access through the ArchLab platform of the “Archive of the Center for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets of Castilla y León”, which includes scientific analysis data and restoration reports of a wide variety of cultural assets.
  Archive of the CCRBC of Castilla y León

• National Accelerator Center (CNA): this national infrastructure includes a fixed installation, «Ion Beam Analytical techniques: Tandem 3 MV and Cyclotron» for the non-destructive multi-elemental characterization of metal alloys, ceramics, glass, stone materials, bone, ivory , paints, inks, etc., and a mobile laboratory, «XRF and other portable non-invasive techniques for Cultural Science» .
  Ion Beam Analytical techniques: Tandem 3MV and Cyclotron

• Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH): it will make its collections « Osteological and lithic reference collections » available to users on the ArchLab platform ,   from the MoLab platform it will be possible to access the « Cartography » laboratory (cartography, reconstruction analysis of geological and archaeological elements), and from FixLab to the laboratories of «Geochronology» (dating of rocks, fossils and sediments) and «Material characterization» (with a wide collection of analytical techniques for the characterization of archaeological, paleontological materials , anthropological and geological).
• Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)
  • National Center for Metallurgical Research (CENIM): the CAPAC group  makes the MoLab   «METAL.es. In-situ metal electrochemical studies for heritage science”, for the in situ study of the characteristics and behavior of metal surfaces and evaluation of protective coatings using electrochemical techniques.
    METAL.es. In-situ metal electrochemical studies for heritage science
  • Institute of Geosciences (IGEO, CSIC-UCM): makes available the « Petrophysics Laboratory» for the analysis and characterization of stone materials – natural and artificial – used in built heritage, as well as in their diagnosis and in the evaluation of measures of conservation. It is a laboratory specialized in non-destructive techniques.
    Petrophysics Laboratory
    Petrophysics Laboratory
  • Rocasolano Institute of Physical Chemistry (IQFR): the LANAMAP group offers its facilities as FixLab, «IQFR-CSIC-Laser laboratory for Heritage Science«, to address problems that arise in the field of Heritage Sciences through the application of methodologies and laser techniques. With these facilities it is possible to non-invasively analyze and diagnose materials without taking samples and apply advanced laser cleaning methodologies. Pulsed lasers are available, operating in different spectral ranges and pulse durations, and laser spectroscopies applicable to samples, substrates, and objects, including laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and laser induced fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy. and Raman spectroscopy (in individual configuration or as a hybrid system). There is also a non-linear optical microscope that can work in the second and third harmonic generation regime (SHG).
    Laser cleaning
    Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
    Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF)
    Non-linear Optical Microscopy (NLOM)
• IBeA research group (Research and Innovation in Analytical Chemistry): This group at the UPV/EHU offers a set of analytical techniques that constitute the “Basque Infrastructure for the Comprehensive Study of Cultural Heritage Materials (BISMaCH).” The techniques offered include various Raman systems, FTIR (medium and near), XRF, LIBS, etc. for the characterization of a wide range of materials.

  BISMaCH Fixlab (please, see attached pdf to be linked here)

• The Cultural Heritage Institute of Spain (IPCE): It houses various archives, including samples and analyses of cultural heritage materials (chromatography, IR spectroscopy, SEM, XRF, XRD), imaging techniques (VIS and IR photography, X-ray radiography, IR reflectography), as well as conservation and restoration reports, a photo library, and documents related to heritage conservation in all its aspects. These archives can be accessed through the ArchLab service.
• University of Barcelona. Analytical Chemistry Section of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry: participates with its laboratories, «Dating and Material Characterization Lab (of Artworks and Archaeological and Paleontological objects)», which include radiometric dating  and materials characterization techniques (in the laboratory and in situ), including analysis of results using chemometrics.

  Radiometrical dating methods applied to the study of cultural heritage objects, archaeological and paleontological questions (please, see attached pdf to be linked here)

  Material characterization by using analytical techniques and chemometric data treatment (please, see attached pdf to be linked here)

• Autonomous University of Madrid. Service for the Conservation, Restoration and Scientific Studies of Archaeological Heritage (SECYR): offers its extensive experience and knowledge in the conservation and study of archaeological heritage. To this end, it utilizes a variety of analysis and study techniques, including XRF, LIBS, Raman, 3D scanning, and laser equipment.

  ARCHAEOLAB  SECYR:  studies of Archaeological Heritage (please, see attached pdf to be linked here)

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