In Nature: ‘Carbon dating, the archaeological workhorse, is getting a major reboot’
21 May 2020
10:11
Zo’n recalibratie kan leiden tot het oplossen van ‘misverstanden’.
A long-anticipated recalibration of radiocarbon dating could shift the age of some prehistoric samples hundreds of years
Radiocarbon dating — a key tool used for determining the age of prehistoric samples — is about to get a major update. For the first time in seven years, the technique is due to be recalibrated using a slew of new data from around the world. The result could have implications for the estimated ages of many finds — such as Siberia’s oldest modern human fossils, which according to the latest calibrations are 1,000 years younger than previously thought.
