radiocarbon dating

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Artifacts and other materials were documented and photographed, while charcoal samples were submitted for radiocarbon dating.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

To confirm this idea, the team used radiocarbon dating on this core and others collected near Cape Mendocino, where the two fault systems meet.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

Originally excavated in 1981 from the grounds of St Giles' Cathedral, the remains have undergone new detailed analysis using advanced methods including ancient DNA sequencing, isotopic analysis and radiocarbon dating.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

But new, more reliable radiocarbon dating of human and animal bones found at the site puts the age at between 39,000 and 42,000 years old.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

Willard Libby was in the process of inventing radiocarbon dating, allowing scientists to get an accurate reading of the age of bones and other organic remains, something they had never been able to do before.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson