steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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science.org/content/article/ma

"... 28 rings in from the bark, they found the telltale 14C spike: persuasive evidence that Vikings had felled the fir and juniper trees used to build the longhouse in 1021 C.E."

#viking #canada #newfoundland #radiocarbondating #history #archeology

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Carmela · @DocCarms
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We were talking about this on the “other side” and I find it really cool how scientists figured out how to determine the age using the eye lens of the shark.

Which led me to hyperfixate on 😅

bbc.com/news/science-environme

#radiocarbondating

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Andy Baker · @Andbaker
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How many undergraduates can you fit in a radiocarbon dating laboratory?

About 60 Earth and Environmental Science students it seems.

And a fish-eye lens helps

#UNSW #chronos #radiocarbon #environment #earthscience #radiocarbondating #academia #scicomm #geos1211

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Jens Notroff · @jens2go
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Of course, as often as preservation conditions allow further analyses, a chronological frame set up this way,
is sought to be backed by further scientific dating methods, of which of organic remains might be the most familiar:

dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams

#radiocarbondating

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