Archaeology today is much more than finding, excavating and studying remarkable vestiges.

More than anywhere else, the exceptional state of preservation at Chalain and Clairvaux gives archaeologists the chance to carry out investigations that go far beyond simple fieldwork. Archaeology is a multi-disciplinary science that borrows methods and techniques from other scientific disciplines in order to analyze and study down to the smallest archaeological fragment.

We invite you to learn more about "lab archaeology" through the following three disciplines...