The André E. Lalonde National Facility for AMS features world-class sample preparation laboratories and highly qualified experts with decades of experience in radiocarbon analysis. We operate an IonPlus MICADAS and an HVE 3MV tandem accelerator, along with Hidex LSC instrumentation, supporting radiocarbon applications ranging from high-precision archaeological dating to biofuel certification and environmental screening.

AEL-AMS Radiocarbon Services and Pricing (PDF, 1.7 MB)

• The AMS of the AEL-AMS was used to date a needle case housed at the Museum of History in Gatineau. The case is of European manufacture and was found in an Iroquois site occupied only in the 16th century. It is an example of very early indigenous contact with Europeans.
• The lab coordinates with archaeologist from the Government of Yukon Tourism and Culture division investigating alpine hunting technologies used by the First Nations Peoples over the past 10,000 years. Most notably, radiocarbon chronologies show that dart throwing was abruptly replaced by the bow and arrow. This occurred after the massive volcanic eruption of Mt. Churchill 1,200 years ago, which caused wide-scale migrations of people allowing for cultural exchange with southern communities.
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