Definitions for "Radiocarbon dating"
Discovered in 1947, this technique allows the dating of organic material by assessing the rate of decomposition of the Carbon-14 isotope. The earliest processes required the destruction of 1-3 grams of material, and thus were not feasible for the priceless scrolls. But more recent techniques, namely accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), require less organic material and therefore have been applied to more scrolls.
an absolute dating method based on the radioactive decay of Carbon-14 contained in organic materials.
a method of calculating the age of organic material based on the number of carbon atoms that have undergone radioactive decay
courtship ritual among archaeologists