radiocarbon dating

noun

radiocarbon-date transitive verb

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Based on radiocarbon dating of ancient Ruppia seeds and pollen found near footprints, researchers first proposed this 23,000-year timeline. Jay Kakade june 30, New Atlas, 30 June 2025 Before now, one of the few ways to date the Dead Sea Scrolls was through palaeography (the study of handwriting) and radiocarbon dating. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2025 The end of an era Sometime between 550 CE and 654 CE, based on radiocarbon dating, the foreign enclave in Tikal closed up shop. ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025 Bird’s theory caught the interest of the Time Team, a decades-long British television program focused on archaeology, which decided to investigate the site with radar scans, excavations and radiocarbon dating, according to a March 22 episode shared on YouTube. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 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 21 Jul. 2025.

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