Paleolithic rock art in southwestern France’s Font-de-Gaume Cave has been radiocarbon dated for the 1st time. The bison was dated to between 13,461 and 13,162 years ago.
Archaeologists achieve a historic milestone by dating French cave paintings with carbon-14 for the first time
A team led by a researcher from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has achieved a milestone in prehistoric archaeology by confirming through absolute dating the age of several parietal...
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March 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Paleolithic rock art in southwestern France’s Font-de-Gaume Cave has been radiocarbon dated for the 1st time. The bison was dated to between 13,461 and 13,162 years ago.
Dugout canoe from the Minnesota River, radiocarbon dated to the mid-17th century, likely made by ancestors of the Dakota Nation. Exhibit at the Chippewa County Historical Society in Montevideo.
August 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Dugout canoe from the Minnesota River, radiocarbon dated to the mid-17th century, likely made by ancestors of the Dakota Nation. Exhibit at the Chippewa County Historical Society in Montevideo.
We are happy to share our pre-print on dating bone using a novel non-destructive protocol we developed. The paper is on the Biorxiv here (Luftensteiner et al. 2025):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Non-destructive radiocarbon dating of bone
Since the 1950s, radiocarbon measurements have anchored archaeological chronologies dating back to 50,000 years, with bone collagen being a commonly dated material. Despite advances in collagen extrac...
www.biorxiv.org
March 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We are happy to share our pre-print on dating bone using a novel non-destructive protocol we developed. The paper is on the Biorxiv here (Luftensteiner et al. 2025):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Radiocarbon dating confirms 10,000 years of continuous human occupation in the Pyrenees. #Archaeology
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Radiocarbon dating confirms 10,000 years of continuous human occupation in the Pyrenees
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have created an open database with 124 carbon-14-dated samples that have made it possible to construct the chronological sequence of 380 si...
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June 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Radiocarbon dating confirms 10,000 years of continuous human occupation in the Pyrenees. #Archaeology
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This is pretty fucking amazing. Heating in water allows the solubilisation of bone collagen for subsequent AMS dating of said bone.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Non-destructive radiocarbon dating of bone
Since the 1950s, radiocarbon measurements have anchored archaeological chronologies dating back to 50,000 years, with bone collagen being a commonly dated material. Despite advances in collagen extrac...
www.biorxiv.org
April 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is pretty fucking amazing. Heating in water allows the solubilisation of bone collagen for subsequent AMS dating of said bone.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A new Historic England research report is out on the date of Woodhenge. Great stuff (love a bit of sapwood targetting!) - suspicions that the bank and ditch were later were right and the main timber structure now precisely dated to the 27th century cal BC: historicengland.org.uk/research/res...
Woodhenge, Durrington, Wiltshire: Radiocarbon Dating and Chronological Modelling | Historic England
Research Report for Woodhenge, Durrington, Wiltshire: Radiocarbon Dating and Chronological Modelling
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December 12, 2024 at 2:18 PM
A new Historic England research report is out on the date of Woodhenge. Great stuff (love a bit of sapwood targetting!) - suspicions that the bank and ditch were later were right and the main timber structure now precisely dated to the 27th century cal BC: historicengland.org.uk/research/res...
Human footprints at White Sands have been dated to 23,000 to 20,000 years ago, really fascinating evidence of even earlier human arrival in the Americas www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Human footprints at White Sands have been dated to 23,000 to 20,000 years ago, really fascinating evidence of even earlier human arrival in the Americas www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Skeletons Thought to Be Prehistoric Are Actually Medieval, Study Finds www.medievalists.net/2026/09/skel... #history #Italy
Skeletons Thought to Be Prehistoric Are Actually Medieval, Study Finds - Medievalists.net
Three skeletons long thought to be prehistoric have been radiocarbon dated to the 14th and 15th centuries, revealing medieval reuse of Italy’s Grotta Romanelli
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September 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Skeletons Thought to Be Prehistoric Are Actually Medieval, Study Finds www.medievalists.net/2026/09/skel... #history #Italy
It has perfect stratigraphy (meaning the layers are radiocarbon dated in sequence), unambiguous evidence of predation or scavenging of Pleistocene megafauna, and stone artifacts. I interviewed the most recent lead excavator a few years ago, and nobody has a bad word to say about her.
March 20, 2026 at 11:07 PM
It has perfect stratigraphy (meaning the layers are radiocarbon dated in sequence), unambiguous evidence of predation or scavenging of Pleistocene megafauna, and stone artifacts. I interviewed the most recent lead excavator a few years ago, and nobody has a bad word to say about her.
The second artifact ever dated by radiocarbon dating was the first one found to be a fraud by radiocarbon dating
Tell me a fun fact.
September 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The second artifact ever dated by radiocarbon dating was the first one found to be a fraud by radiocarbon dating
Using advanced radiocarbon dating techniques, researchers in #ScienceAdvances have arrived at a new date for the life of the Lapedo Child—one of the most famous prehistoric humans, and one who displays a mixture of modern human and Neanderthal features. scim.ag/4hwQu1W
Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal)
The Lapedo child is now firmly dated to 27,780 to 28,550 cal B.P.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Using advanced radiocarbon dating techniques, researchers in #ScienceAdvances have arrived at a new date for the life of the Lapedo Child—one of the most famous prehistoric humans, and one who displays a mixture of modern human and Neanderthal features. scim.ag/4hwQu1W
This is cool.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Non-destructive radiocarbon dating of bone
Since the 1950s, radiocarbon measurements have anchored archaeological chronologies dating back to 50,000 years, with bone collagen being a commonly dated material. Despite advances in collagen extrac...
www.biorxiv.org
March 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is cool.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Using advanced radiocarbon dating techniques, researchers in #ScienceAdvances have arrived at a new date for the life of the Lapedo Child—one of the most famous prehistoric humans, and one who displays a mixture of modern human and Neanderthal features. https://scim.ag/49582BQ #NationalFossilDay
Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal)
The Lapedo child is now firmly dated to 27,780 to 28,550 cal B.P.
scim.ag
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Using advanced radiocarbon dating techniques, researchers in #ScienceAdvances have arrived at a new date for the life of the Lapedo Child—one of the most famous prehistoric humans, and one who displays a mixture of modern human and Neanderthal features. https://scim.ag/49582BQ #NationalFossilDay
Alan Garner's Bronze Age shovel - found in the Alderley Edge copper mines in 1875, rediscovered by Alan in a dusty cupboard under his Primary School's stage, and since radiocarbon dated to 1750BC. One of many treasures in Manchester Museum - now massively revamped & European Museum of the Year.
October 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Alan Garner's Bronze Age shovel - found in the Alderley Edge copper mines in 1875, rediscovered by Alan in a dusty cupboard under his Primary School's stage, and since radiocarbon dated to 1750BC. One of many treasures in Manchester Museum - now massively revamped & European Museum of the Year.
I think being radiocarbon dated someday would be cool
September 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I think being radiocarbon dated someday would be cool
Using advanced radiocarbon dating techniques, researchers in #ScienceAdvances have arrived at a new date for the life of the Lapedo Child—one of the most famous prehistoric humans, and one who displays a mixture of modern human and Neanderthal features. https://scim.ag/4qBVkAd
Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal)
The Lapedo child is now firmly dated to 27,780 to 28,550 cal B.P.
scim.ag
December 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Using advanced radiocarbon dating techniques, researchers in #ScienceAdvances have arrived at a new date for the life of the Lapedo Child—one of the most famous prehistoric humans, and one who displays a mixture of modern human and Neanderthal features. https://scim.ag/4qBVkAd
Now in the custody of Hull Museums the five Roos Carr Figures were discovered by labourers in 1836 at Roos Carr near Withernsea. The figures were carved out of Yew They were radiocarbon dated to 606-508 BCE, making them 2,600 years old, and were made in the late Bronze Age or
December 28, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Now in the custody of Hull Museums the five Roos Carr Figures were discovered by labourers in 1836 at Roos Carr near Withernsea. The figures were carved out of Yew They were radiocarbon dated to 606-508 BCE, making them 2,600 years old, and were made in the late Bronze Age or
The introduction of #14C dating in the 1950s revolutionised #archaeology🏺. Now a new method for *non-destructive* extracting collagen from bones through hot water is taking this a step further:
@tommyhigham.bsky.social et al., @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 29.03.25, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@tommyhigham.bsky.social et al., @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 29.03.25, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Non-destructive radiocarbon dating of bone
Since the 1950s, radiocarbon measurements have anchored archaeological chronologies dating back to 50,000 years, with bone collagen being a commonly dated material. Despite advances in collagen extrac...
www.biorxiv.org
March 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The introduction of #14C dating in the 1950s revolutionised #archaeology🏺. Now a new method for *non-destructive* extracting collagen from bones through hot water is taking this a step further:
@tommyhigham.bsky.social et al., @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 29.03.25, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@tommyhigham.bsky.social et al., @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 29.03.25, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A sensational cashmere Byzantine riding coat, radiocarbon dated to 450-550AD from Sheikh Ibada, Egypt, with some helpful instructions about how to wear it! #silkroads
November 24, 2024 at 3:37 PM
A sensational cashmere Byzantine riding coat, radiocarbon dated to 450-550AD from Sheikh Ibada, Egypt, with some helpful instructions about how to wear it! #silkroads
- in the 1990s, the fish trap has been radiocarbon-dated to cal AD 660-890. Built in a ‘V’ shape to hold the trapped fish as they swum upstream, it’s a lovely thing. Most people passing by up on the embankment have no idea it’s there on the low tide. May it last for another thousand years.
March 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
- in the 1990s, the fish trap has been radiocarbon-dated to cal AD 660-890. Built in a ‘V’ shape to hold the trapped fish as they swum upstream, it’s a lovely thing. Most people passing by up on the embankment have no idea it’s there on the low tide. May it last for another thousand years.
Eight 2,000+ year old sandals made of woven esparto grass came out of a Roman mining dump in Riotinto, Spain, some radiocarbon dated centuries apart, showing the same coiling technique barely changed over time. 🥾 #Archaeology #RomanHispania #Archaeometry www.anthropology.net/p/eight-roma...
Eight Roman-Era Esparto Sandals from a Riotinto Mining Furnace Dump
Radiocarbon dates on three of the soles span nearly four centuries, suggesting a coiled-sandal tradition that barely changed from the Iron Age into the imperial period
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July 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Eight 2,000+ year old sandals made of woven esparto grass came out of a Roman mining dump in Riotinto, Spain, some radiocarbon dated centuries apart, showing the same coiling technique barely changed over time. 🥾 #Archaeology #RomanHispania #Archaeometry www.anthropology.net/p/eight-roma...
Turns out the Lapedo Child has been waiting 28,000 years for a proper birthdate—thanks to new radiocarbon dating! 🏺⏳ Also, yet another reminder that Neanderthals and modern humans really liked each other. #LapedoChild #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #AncientHistory
Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal)
The Lapedo child is now firmly dated to 27,780 to 28,550 cal B.P.
www.science.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Turns out the Lapedo Child has been waiting 28,000 years for a proper birthdate—thanks to new radiocarbon dating! 🏺⏳ Also, yet another reminder that Neanderthals and modern humans really liked each other. #LapedoChild #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #AncientHistory
This @oregonian.com article gives a great intro to the Fort Rock sandals on view at the museum! 🧪🏺
The oldest shoes in the world are on display in Oregon
The oldest in the collection of sandals were later radiocarbon-dated to be 10,400 years old.
www.oregonlive.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This @oregonian.com article gives a great intro to the Fort Rock sandals on view at the museum! 🧪🏺
Drombeg Stone Circle • West Cork
Like most of Ireland's stone circles, Drombeg dates to the Bronze Age.
The site was excavated in 1957, and archaeologists discovered a central pit containing a broken pottery vessel and the cremated remains of an adolescent child, radiocarbon dated to 1124–794 BC.
Like most of Ireland's stone circles, Drombeg dates to the Bronze Age.
The site was excavated in 1957, and archaeologists discovered a central pit containing a broken pottery vessel and the cremated remains of an adolescent child, radiocarbon dated to 1124–794 BC.
May 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Drombeg Stone Circle • West Cork
Like most of Ireland's stone circles, Drombeg dates to the Bronze Age.
The site was excavated in 1957, and archaeologists discovered a central pit containing a broken pottery vessel and the cremated remains of an adolescent child, radiocarbon dated to 1124–794 BC.
Like most of Ireland's stone circles, Drombeg dates to the Bronze Age.
The site was excavated in 1957, and archaeologists discovered a central pit containing a broken pottery vessel and the cremated remains of an adolescent child, radiocarbon dated to 1124–794 BC.