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Recent Examples on the Web Burger and his colleagues used a type of radiocarbon dating called accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to date the teeth and bones of 26 individuals recovered from burial sites around Machu Picchu. — Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021 Richard Burger, a professor of anthropology at Yale University, and his team of researchers used accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dating of human remains to reach the new conclusion that the site was built decades earlier. — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2021 However, Burger and his team used accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dating of human remains to get a more accurate picture. — Jack Guy, CNN, 3 Aug. 2021 In 2018, scientists including Terberger used accelerator mass spectrometry technology to argue that the wooden object was about 11,600 years old. — Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2021 So the scientists instead used accelerator mass spectrometry to perform radiocarbon dating on samples from the largest, oldest trees in southern Africa. — Amina Khan, latimes.com, 11 June 2018 This is why the team focused on a combination of ceramic analysis based on styles and forms, accelerator mass spectrometry and inscriptions found on some of the ceramic vessels. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 May 2018 According to Léa Surugue at The International Business Times, the researchers used a technique called accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to analyze paint chips from cave paintings in 14 sites in Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 Apr. 2017 See More

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