Welcome to the A-Z of Archaeology! In this series we take a look at the world of Archaeology, employing the alphabet as our guide.

Today is the letter C, for Carbon Dating.

Tags:

• Archaeology
• excavation
• skeleton
• carbon 14
• atomic decay
• dates
• age
• dating method
• wood
• carbon cycle
• carbon 12
• Willard Libby
• science
• mass spectrometry
• calibration
• dating
• biological
• remains
• upper atmosphere
• nitrogen 14
• burning
• seeds
• fire
• death
• food
• eating
• ingest
• radiocarbon

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