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Carbon dating uses and limitations
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The measured age of any samples which died after the start of industrialization
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Testing nuclear bombs in the atmosphere
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Willard Libby invented Carbon dating
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Ancient footprints of Acahualinca
, he estimated that the footprints dated to about 5,000 -
Roopkund
. The carbon dating from samples collected in the 1960s vaguely indicated that the people were from the 12th century to the 15th century. -
Haraldskær Woman
Scientists settled disputes regarding the age and identity of this well-preserved body in 1977 when radiocarbon dating determined conclusively that her death occurred around the fifth century BC -
Shroud of Turin
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Eve of Naharon
25- to 30-year-old human female found in the Naharon section of the underwater cave Sistema Naranjal
carbon dated to 13,600 years old and -
Dead Sea Scrolls
Libby tested a sample from the Isaiah Scroll, which provided a range of 200 BCE - 1 CE -
Minoan eruption
For most of the twentieth century, archaeologists placed it at approximately 1500 BCE,[15] but this date appeared to be too young as radiocarbon dating analysis of an olive tree buried beneath a lava flow from the volcano indicates that the eruption occurred between 1627 BCE and 1600 BCE
