Access to the archives of the Archaeology Database which include images, scientific data and reports. The purpose of the Archaeology Database of the Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Center is to support research, education, and learning. The Archaeology Database is a continuously expanding online catalog that currently contains 65,000 archaeological sites and 1.3 million files.
The Archaeological Repository and Documentation Management Department maintains a significant collection of handwritten, printed, and digital archives of archaeological scientific reports dating back to the late 19th century, including an aerial archaeology database and reports, analytical data, and images from the scientific research projects of the Hungarian National Museum's Archaeometry Laboratory.
The laboratory analyzes a wide range of materials, including ceramics, stones, artificial building materials (e.g., bricks, mortar, plaster), glass objects, metals, paints, enamels, glazes, and organic materials such as archaeological textiles and dyes. It also examines biological remains (e.g., bones) and various organic remains, such as bitumen-like materials (beeswax, tar, pitch) used as adhesives in the manufacture and repair of tools (e.g., axes, knives, arrowheads), as well as food residues.
The following methods and techniques are available for analyzing a wide variety of objects, raw materials, and archaeological finds: - Petrography - Analysis of heavy minerals - Micromorphology - 3D microscopy - Scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive and wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and cathodoluminescence spectroscopy (SEM-EDS/WDS/CL) - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) - Micro-X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy - Portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy - Micro-Raman spectroscopy - X-ray.