| The date was provided by statistical analysis of the results of a combination of dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating. |
| From radiocarbon to luminescence, uranium-series and electron spin resonance, the results were the same. |
| Because radiocarbon dating is destructive, the plant remains to be dated were first submitted to David Asch for taxonomic identification. |
| Also contamination of an object with more recent radiocarbon, leading to an inaccurate date, is always a threat and difficult to detect. |
| In fact, when calibrated against 14 C, the method has been shown to be more precise for the last 350 years than the radiocarbon dating alone. |
| Contrary to Garrison's suggestion, radiocarbon dating is not the only discovery to truly revolutionize archaeology or archaeological dating. |
