To: SunkenCiv
Are they saying that those fragments have been in that cave for 32,000 years? I read the article and did not see any mention of carbon-14 or stratigraphic dating, tree rings, or anything else.
17 posted on
04/30/2011 2:25:11 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: BenLurkin
Yes, they are estimating the age at 32,000 years. The item itself is ivory and could be radiocarbon dated using a pretty small sample (or more likely, a number of very small samples, in order to get a narrow range of dates).
22 posted on
04/30/2011 3:08:12 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: BenLurkin; ApplegateRanch
Link in post 9 takes you to wiki, where it says nearby material was carbon dated to 32kya. If it’s mammoth ivory, I wonder why they didn’t just carbon date the ivory. How much does it take?
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