Dedicated at the University of Chicago on October 10, 2016. In 1946, Willard Libby proposed an innovative method for dating organic materials by measuring their content of carbon-14, a newly ...

The development of a high precision record of atmospheric radiocarbon shifts beyond 14,000 calendar years BP—obtained through combined studies (e.g., dendrochronology, radiocarbon dating and ...

A fascinating discovery was made by diver Mark Schachtner: an ancient dugout canoe dating back about 1,000 years in Pewaukee Lake. In partnership with Native Nations, the Wisconsin Historical Society ...

Key PointsSedimentation is more important than other factors in the 'time averaging' of marine fossils The investigators analysed more than 7,500 ...

Kyrenia Ship Hull during excavation. Kyrenia Ship hull on the seabed off northern Cyprus during underwater excavation in the later 1960s. Updated radiocarbon calibration techniques provide improved ...

New analysis of traces of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing trapped in the teeth of stranded whales has helped ...