The morphologic analysis of organic and inorganic materials is useful to solve several sets of problems such as the identification of seeds, pollens, fruits, fossilised insects, the characterisation of ceramic, metallic objects and minerals, the examination of fabric and, human and animal bones.

Identification of seeds and fossilised fruits

The morphological analysis through electronic microscopy permits to identify pllens, seed and fossilised fruits. The information about these objects is particularly useful to reconstruct the ancient landscapes and environment (Messager et al. 2008).

Characterisation of clay and pottery

The characterisation of clay and ceramic artifacts through electronic microscopy is useful to obtain information about the raw material features and the technology used to make archaeological ceramic (De Bonis et al. 2014).

Analysis of tartar in forensic anthropology

The microscopic analysis of dental calculus permits to identify remains of tissue or cellular fragments (food, bacteria, fungi, virus). This data is useful to determin the habits of the person for his identification or the identification of patologies, and to determine the cause of death (Charlier et al. 2010).