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Radiocarbon dating

Scope note

Method of dating, based on the known half-life of carbon-14, by measuring the amount of low-level radioactivity of carbon remaining in ancient and dead material of organic origin and thus determining when a plant or animal had died. HOLHZR

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300054717

Broader Terms used

dating

Created

13yrs ago

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