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 ...

Bayesian chronological modelling in archaeological radiocarbon dating leverages probabilistic frameworks to refine and contextualise age estimates. This approach couples radiocarbon measurements with ...

Willard F. Libby, the American chemist well-known as the discoverer of the carbon 14 (radiocarbon) dating technique for which he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1960. Thirteen hominid teeth that ...

Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects. The team of researchers at the ...

Archaeologists have discovered two Iron Age axes, but they were found thousands of miles apart. The distant locations of the two tools gave researchers new insights into the differences in ancient ...

Archaeologists have analyzed ritual spaces and monumental structures across Polynesia, questioning the idea that Rapa Nui (Easter Island) developed in isolation following its initial settlement. The ...

“It’s like a time machine. So we can shake hands with these people from 2,000 years ago, and we can put them in time much better now,” said Professor Mladen Popović, University of Groningen, in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover art in Europe and start-ups focusing on arts and culture. Art fairs often have committees to vet the legitimacy of ...

Radiocarbon records are critical to understanding the history of Earth's climate, magnetic field, and the Sun's activity, say researchers. Radiocarbon records are critical to understanding the history ...

Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects. Radiocarbon dating is set to ...