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Carbon dating Roman artifacts: easy explanation


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Dating ancient Roman artifacts from once-living material can be somewhat complicated. Here is an excellent article that explains the process using Carbon-14 dating.

 

https://www.iflscience.com/what-is-carbon-14-dating-72747

Nice basic videos on the subject:

 

 

 

 

Another way to date Roman artifacts is dendrochronolgy (tree ring dating) as well as newer isotope-based testing of wood:


An old thread on dating Roman material:

 

 

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