radiocarbon dating

noun

radiocarbon-date transitive verb

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Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal) PNAS. Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 The scientists used multiple methods, including radiocarbon dating, CT scans, and stable isotope analysis, to reach their conclusion. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025 In total, their excavations turned up more than 100 horse skeletons, which radiocarbon dating revealed were from the second century C.E. The creatures were likely part of a Roman cavalry unit that was stationed in the area from roughly 100 to 150 C.E. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025 Teotihuacan’s enclave in Maya Tikal Sometime later—between 380 and 540 CE, based on radiocarbon dating—the people living in the compound buried the courtyard beneath a layer of dirt and rubble, laid a new floor over it, and essentially started over. ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for radiocarbon dating

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First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of radiocarbon dating was in 1950

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“Radiocarbon dating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radiocarbon%20dating. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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