Sample Quantities
Recommended quantity for archaeological dating of every sample material:
| Sample | Quantity |
| Charcoal | 10 - 100 mg |
| Plants, seeds | 5 - 100 mg |
| Dried peat | 200 mg |
| Soil, bottom sediments | 10 g |
| Textile | 10 - 20 mg |
| Wood | 20 - 100 mg |
| Bone | 1 - 4 g |
| Cremated bone | 2 g |
| Teeth | 1 - 2 tooth |
| Ceramics (charred food residues) | 10 - 20 mg |
| Shells, corals, CaCO₃ | 20 - 100 mg |
| Paper, cellulose | 10 - 20 mg |
| Leather | 1 g |
| Pigment | 10 mg |
| Oil | 20 mg |
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