[Under the Magnifying Glass]
Tomography and scanning are used to understand how objects were made and to identify the characteristics of all the materials they were made from.
They also make it possible to see all the little marks left on objects by various types of tools and to understand how objects were used; for example, whether they were used to scrape hides, make nails or arrowheads, and so forth.
These analysis tools generate thousands of pieces of data, including chemical and physical data, by providing a view of every side of an object as well as the interior.
Tomography and scanning are thus important tools for archaeologists as they enable them to discover how objects were made and used.
[INRS Lab CT Scan, Thank you to Person responsible for the laboration: Pierre Francus]
[Research technician elaboration of CT: Louis-Frederic Daigle]