We publish what we find.
Independence is meaningless without scrutiny. Our methods, data, and conclusions are submitted to the same peer-reviewed journals we cite — and we openly publish our calibration sets.
Selected publications
Recent peer-reviewed work.
- 2025
Lead-isotope provenance of Roman bronze statuary from the Western Mediterranean (1st c. BCE – 2nd c. CE)
Vasari, A.; Lehmann, K.; Okafor, N.
Journal of Cultural Heritage - 2024
Hyperspectral identification of indigo–woad mixtures in late-medieval Flemish manuscripts
Lehmann, K.; Castell, R.; Vasari, A.
Heritage Science - 2024
Quantitative FTIR mapping of natural resin varnishes degraded under accelerated UV ageing
Okafor, N.; Renaud, S.
Analytical Chemistry - 2023
Non-invasive XRF survey of a 17th-century Dutch cabinet collection: a methodological proposal
Vasari, A.; Renaud, S.
Archaeometry
Ongoing programmes
Current research lines.
ZL-RP-12
Isotopic mapping of post-Byzantine icon panels
Three-year programme with the Benaki Museum and the University of Athens.
ZL-RP-18
Machine learning for cross-section interpretation
Training a CNN on 40,000 annotated stratigraphies to assist — never replace — the conservator.
ZL-RP-22
Open-source XRF calibration for archaeological glass
Releasing our 2,000-sample reference dataset under CC-BY in 2026.