thermoluminescence
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Another team working at the same site applied a technique called thermoluminescence dating to bricks used in the site's architecture.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2023
Archaeologist Daniel Richter of the Max Planck in Leipzig used a thermoluminescence technique to measure how much time had elapsed since crystalline minerals in the flint were heated by fire.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 7, 2017
Since the states slowly de-excite over centuries, the amount of thermoluminescence decreases with age, making it possible to use this effect to date and authenticate antiquities.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
His team is using thermoluminescence, a technique that measures the exposure of sediments to sunlight, to determine their age.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2014
Since then, the thermoluminescence test has confirmed the suspicions.
From Time Magazine Archive
