Plenty of YouTube Videos, and People Without Experience in Archaeology

question 10

Essay

Plenty of YouTube videos, and people without experience in archaeology, will tell you that carbon dating "doesn't work." Can you briefly explain why ¹⁴C dating does work, as well as its limitations as a dating method?

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

An inventory pricing approach that incorporates all costs associated with manufacturing, including both variable and fixed expenses, into the product's cost.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs in the cost of goods sold and treats fixed overhead expenses as period costs.

Direct Materials

Raw materials directly used in the manufacturing of a product that can be directly traced to that product.

Variable Overhead

Variable overhead refers to the indirect costs of production that fluctuate with the level of output, such as utilities and materials.