Validation-report on the arthropod remains from three Merovingian samples from Tournai, Belgium ; Scarab 052

The arthropod study presented in this report is a typical assesment of a sample to ascertain the value of the soil samples for analysis of the arthropod remains. A total of three samples taken from the dark earth layer was initially studied to assess the potential of the arthropod remains. A large amount of unprocessed material was available for this study, but to speed up the process a subsample from circa three kilograms was taken for the validation.