RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR ARCHAEOLOGY
&
THE HISTORY OF ART
Luminescence Dating Laboratory
Tel: +44-(0)1865-285222
Fax: +44-(0)1865-285220
e-mail: enquiries@rlaha.ox.ac.uk
RLAHA,
Luminescence Dating Laboratory,
Dyson Perrins Building,
South Parks Road,
Oxford,
OX1 3QY,
UK.
http://www.rlaha.ox.ac.uk
http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/luminescence
OSL Sample Submission Form
This form is to be completed and returned to enquiries@rlaha.ox.ac.uk. Please also include a printed
copy of the filled in form with your sample shipment.
1 Project information
Suggested name for project:
Country:
Region:
2 Client information
Name:
Institution (if applicable):
Address:
Tel:
e-mail:
3 Invoicing instructions
Contact:
Institution:
Address:
Tel:
e-mail:
Purchase order code (if applicable):
4 Required turn around time
Standard (circa 3-4 months depending on type of sample) Y/N:
Priority (5-6 weeks; 100% surcharge; please enquire before sending samples) Y/N:
5 Sample information (please fill in a separate copy of this page for each sample)
Client sample code:
Oxford project code (to be filled in by us on receipt of your sample):
Oxford laboratory code (to be filled in by us on receipt of your sample):
Name of site:
Location (nearest town or village):
Latitude (deg, min, sec):
Longitude (deg, min, sec):
Altitude (m):
Sampling date:
Type of material submitted for analysis (sediment, pottery, fired rock, etc...):
Type of depositional environment (e.g. aeolian, fluvial, marine, lacustrine, etc...):
Sample burial depth below modern land surface (cm):
Total thickness of sampled sedimentary unit or archaeological context (cm):
Distance of sample from the upper boundary of the sampled unit or context (cm):
Was the sample recovered from waterlogged sediments? (Y/N):
If possible, provide an estimate of the mean sediment water content (%):
Separate sealed sediment sample included for water content determination (Y/N):
Additional sediment samples included for dosimetric analyses? (£50+20% VAT surcharge
per sample). Y/N:
Any further comments:
In addition to the above, where possible please supply relevant photos, diagrams or sketches
showing details of sampling locations and relative position of the sample(s). This can help us
to identify potential problems and allow us to make better estimates of the external gamma
dose rate.