Re: carbon 14, potassium-argon

Dan Barnes (dbarnes@liv.ac.uk)
Tue, 22 Oct 1996 17:30:48 GMT

In article <54ao4c$h98@tor-nn1-hb0.netcom.ca>, fdaoust@netcom.c says...
>
>I need help ASAP!
>
> I have to know how the carbon 14 and potassium-argon methods of dating
>work andhow they are used in paleoanthropology.
>Please... need help!:-)
> fdaoust@netcom.ca
>
All you need to know about dating methods is in:

Aitken, M.J. (1990) Science-based Dating in Archaeology. Longman, Harlow,
Essex.

It covers all the methods in a thorough way and shows how they are used in
palaeoanthropology (as well as archaeology).

Dan.