Back in the 1970s, when archaeologists excavated a skeleton from an ancient graveyard in Belgium, they thought they had found ...

In order to determine how “old” this dissolved organic carbon is, its natural radiocarbon activity has been measured for two deep-water samples taken off southern California.

Tree rings reveal ancient solar storms, helping scientists predict and prepare for future events that could disrupt ...

A skeleton found in a well in 1938 appears to be the exact individual mentioned in a centuries-old text, complicating ...

SEVERAL articles 1–3 have described efforts to reconcile radiocarbon ages with “true ages”. The principle behind these procedures lies in the determination of a radiocarbon age and its ...

New research by Flinders University researchers, conducted in partnership with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal ...

Radiocarbon-based analyses can now accomplish sufficient resolution for meaningful independent estimates of Inka chronology, however, and it is incumbent upon archaeologists to develop such appraisals ...

The monument was first documented in 1583 by the English cartographer John Norden, who wrote, "It is called Arthur's Hall".

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an ...

So declares the 800-year-old Norse Sverris Saga, an accounting of the rise and reign of King Sverre Sigurdsson, who went on ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. Radiocarbon dating, or carbon-14 dating, is a ...

Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of ...