Sentences with phrase «date archaeological materials»
Radiometric dating is also used to date archaeological materials, including ancient artifacts.
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2018-04-07 14:31 Radiometric dating is also used to date archaeological materials, including ancient artifacts.
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Several dating techniques applied to archaeological materials and the fossil itself suggest the jawbone is between 175,000 - 200,000 years old, pushing back the modern human migration out of Africa by at least 50,000 years.
In addition to CT scanning of bones and teeth and radiocarbon dating of previously excavated materials, researchers hope to launch new archaeological digs, possibly in Europe or the Near East.
In 2006, researchers used radiocarbon - dated material from 150 archaeological sites in the eastern Sahara to map a change in settlement patterns that coincided with increased desertification of the region.
Its presence in organic materials is the basis of the radiocarbon dating method pioneered by Willard Libby and colleagues to date archaeological, geological and hydrogeological samples.