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To learn more, a team of geneticists, archaeologists, and historians sequenced DNA from more than 400 skeletons from four cemeteries within 200 kilometers of one another; radiocarbon dating showed the burials spanned the 250 years of Avar rule in the region.
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Byandrew Curry, science.org, 24 Apr. 2024
But the study — published in March in the journal Scientific Reports — notes that radiocarbon dating has found burial sites in the area to be between 9,400 and 2,620 years old, suggesting the tribes that left them must have lived during that time.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Plus, radiocarbon dating isn’t particularly precise for things less than 300 years old.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
Based on radiocarbon dating of similar, previous discoveries nearby, the pieces were estimated to be between 35,000 and 40,000 years old.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The various collected samples were then subjected to radiocarbon dating, Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, among other techniques, for analysis.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 May 2023
Interestingly, the radiocarbon dating yielded a very early date for the wood of one of the four tablets: about A.D. 1450, which in fact precedes the arrival of the Europeans by over 200 years.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
But radiocarbon dating suggested that the layer was only 2,900 years old.
—Zach St. George, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
To evaluate these hypotheses, researchers scanned the structure, inspected it on scuba dives and collected nearby sediment for radiocarbon dating, according to a study published Feb. 12 in the journal PNAS.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024
Byandrew Curry, science.org, 24 Apr. 2024
But the study — published in March in the journal Scientific Reports — notes that radiocarbon dating has found burial sites in the area to be between 9,400 and 2,620 years old, suggesting the tribes that left them must have lived during that time.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Plus, radiocarbon dating isn’t particularly precise for things less than 300 years old.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
Based on radiocarbon dating of similar, previous discoveries nearby, the pieces were estimated to be between 35,000 and 40,000 years old.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The various collected samples were then subjected to radiocarbon dating, Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, among other techniques, for analysis.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 May 2023
Interestingly, the radiocarbon dating yielded a very early date for the wood of one of the four tablets: about A.D. 1450, which in fact precedes the arrival of the Europeans by over 200 years.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
But radiocarbon dating suggested that the layer was only 2,900 years old.
—Zach St. George, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
To evaluate these hypotheses, researchers scanned the structure, inspected it on scuba dives and collected nearby sediment for radiocarbon dating, according to a study published Feb. 12 in the journal PNAS.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024
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