An innovative method developed by an Italian team is emerging that will revolutionize the field of archaeology and radiocarbon dating and protect our cultural heritage. The researchers have used it ...

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

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Researchers at the University of Bern have for the first time been able to pin down a prehistoric settlement of early farmers in northern Greece dating back more than 7,000 years to the year. For this ...

Researchers reconstructed the geomagnetic fields recorded in 21 archaeological destruction layers throughout Israel and used the data to develop a reliable new scientific tool for archaeological ...

For decades, stories about the ancient Mediterranean have centred on the grand cultures of Greece, Rome, Phoenicia and Egypt. North-west Africa seldom enters the picture before the arrival of ...

What started out as an exploration of a Roman garrison has uncovered artifacts dating back to the time of the Assyrian Empire. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on July 30, 2023.) We take you now ...

Luminescence dating has become an indispensable tool for reconstructing the chronology of human-modified terrains, from agricultural terraces and earthworks to dune fields and fluvial deposits. At its ...

Archaeological tree-ring dating: origins and principles -- Lord of the rings: A.E. Douglass and the development of archaeological tree dating, 1914-1929 -- Tree-ring dating at the University of ...