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Short contribution: A practical alternative to Kubiena boxes for the collection of samples for micromorphological analysis
Author(s) -
Josephs Richard L.,
Bettis E. Arthur
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1520-6548
pISSN - 0883-6353
DOI - 10.1002/gea.10075
Subject(s) - sample (material) , sediment , section (typography) , computer science , product (mathematics) , quality (philosophy) , forensic engineering , environmental science , engineering drawing , engineering , geology , mathematics , operating system , paleontology , chemistry , geometry , chromatography , philosophy , epistemology
This note proposes a practical and economical alternative to using Kubiena boxes for the collection of undisturbed soil or sediment samples for micromorphological analysis. The authors promote the use of plastic electrical outlet boxes (gang boxes) that can be purchased at any hardware store for around 20 cents apiece. In addition to availability and low cost, plastic gang boxes are preferred by thin‐section laboratories over that of the aluminum Kubiena boxes because they cause less wear on the thin‐sectioning equipment. As with Kubiena boxes, the samples are impregnated directly in the gang boxes, yet they are more easily and efficiently retrieved, thus facilitating overall sample preparation and insuring a final product of equal or better quality. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.