carbon-14 dating

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The researchers studied the raw materials and technology and carried out carbon-14 dating, which revealed that the set dates to the early and middle Holocene period, between 9,500 and 6,200 years ago.

From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023

According to Maussan, the National Autonomous University of Mexico performed carbon-14 dating on the purported bodies and determined them to be between 700 years and 1,800 years old.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

Chase, who previously used lidar at Caracol, where as many as 100,000 people lived, compares this technology to carbon-14 dating.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2018

However, as with carbon-14 dating, the technique can be verified by a consistent body of knowledge.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Preliminary carbon-14 dating indicates that it may have required about 1,100 years for these specimens to work their way up through the ice.”

From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2012