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How is the archaeological record used to date artifacts

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Small tubes containing CO2 derived from artifacts are placed in an accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS). The AMS will measure the relative proportions of carbon isotopes to determine the objects age. A researcher removes a core sample from a bristlecone pine tree.

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