Noun
a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon 14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
Source: WordNetBy the time the dig reached 38 feet, human habitation was found and carbon dating in a London laboratory on pottery fragments dates them from 3,950 to 4,050 years old. Source: Internet
Notably this carbon dating c. 1573 BCE confirmed the accuracy of the stratigraphical dating c. 1550 by Kenyon. Source: Internet
Periods of unknown ownership are indicated in white and the time it was possibly created, based on the carbon dating in green. Source: Internet
The Political Economy of Ancient Samoa: Basalt Adze Production and Linkages to Social Status” (Winterhoff 2007) The Samoan origins are currently being reassessed due to new scientific evidence and carbon dating findings from 2003 and onwards. Source: Internet
The study cannot provide a positive identification but could rule out some types of hoax through carbon dating and gender determination. Source: Internet
Until the carbon dating of the manuscript to the 15th century, it was thought possible that Dee or Kelley may have written it and spread the rumor that it was originally a work of Bacon's in the hopes of later selling it. Source: Internet