From Amélie to Terrascope

laboratory, staffed and partnered with the best specialists in Europe, providing palaeo-environmental
and archaeometric services to the French Archaeology community. During its 13 years of existence,
Amélie and its owners have been through many hurdles and run fantastic projects, always trying
to be forward-thinking and bring high-level research and academia into commercial archaeology,
while ensuring the sustainability of the company. One example of their endeavour to innovate is
the theoretical framework and methodology they developed to survey large mechanically-stripped
archaeological surfaces with pXRF to investigate human impact on soil chemistry. In February 2018,
while the future of Amélie was unclear due to three consecutive years of declining turnover, a short stay
in Cambridge as visiting scholars re-focused Joseph and Sabrina, with them deciding to launch a new
project: the creation of a new facility dedicated to the production of micromorphological thin sections,
Terrascope. Since this Cambridge sabbatical, many exciting projects have emerged and reshaped the
future of Amélie, Joseph, and Sabrina. This is their backstory.