carbon-14 dating
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carbon 14 datingSee radioactive dating.
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Origin of carbon-14 dating
First recorded in 1955–60
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Using carbon-14 dating techniques, researchers confirmed the ages of the tombs, the artifacts, and the writing.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
According to Maussan, the National Autonomous University of Mexico performed carbon-14 dating on the purported bodies and determined them to be between 700 years and 1,800 years old.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023
Chase, who previously used lidar at Caracol, where as many as 100,000 people lived, compares this technology to carbon-14 dating.
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2018
However, as with carbon-14 dating, the technique can be verified by a consistent body of knowledge.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Preliminary carbon-14 dating indicates that it may have required about 1,100 years for these specimens to work their way up through the ice.”
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2012
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