radiocarbon dating
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To avoid disturbing the sites further, the team relied on radiocarbon dating of clam shells and deer bones that were originally collected some 50 years ago.
From Science Daily
Its mostly predictable decay rate is the basis of standard radiocarbon dating.
From Science Magazine
The hairs and their wooden canisters were analyzed with radiocarbon dating, indicating they were buried in the Late Bronze Age around 3000 years ago.
From Salon
But it will take radiocarbon dating to know for sure.
From New York Times
From around 800 to 400 B.C., as a result of changes in the percentage of radiocarbon in the atmosphere, the resolution of radiocarbon dating during those years is so limited that archaeologists seldom use it.
From New York Times
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