A Key Breakthrough in the Use of Scientific Methods to Date

question 30

Multiple Choice

A key breakthrough in the use of scientific methods to date archaeological remains was Willard Libby's 1949 invention of

• A)neutron activation analysis
• B)dendrochronology
• C)radiocarbon dating
• D)potassium-argon dating
• E)trace-element analysis

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