• Question: Are there multiple ways to carbon date objects?

    Asked by anon-227004 to Thibaut "Tibo" on 14 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Thibaut Deviese

      Thibaut Deviese answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      Hi! The principle is always the same but we can date different parts of an object. If we take the example of a painted wood statue, we can date the wood but also the paint. Anyway, in all the cases we need to isolate the atoms of carbon to analyse them and identify the age. Does it make sense?

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