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

And because they are often inscribed on inorganic material like stone or metal, it means methods like radiocarbon dating can’t be used to find out when they were written.

From The Verge

Initial analysis suggested it was older than 30,000 years old, but radiocarbon dating gave an age closer to 15,000 years.

From The Guardian

Phil de Jersey said they were waiting for results from radiocarbon dating analysis to get a precise age.

From BBC

That gave them what they call a “calibration curve,” allowing them to convert radiocarbon dating from that period into calendar years.

From New York Times