Radiocarbon dating has become indispensable for reconstructing prehistoric population trends by providing chronological markers for organic materials. Archaeological demography employs techniques such ...

A team of archaeologists has used an advanced dating technique to establish the first precise construction timeline for houses built out of coral in French Polynesia. The findings reveal previously ...

Radiocarbon dating remains the cornerstone of chronological frameworks in archaeology, exploiting the decay of carbon-14 in organic remains to establish absolute ages. Since its inception in the ...

Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s ...