preservation of archeological specimens
preservation of archeological specimens
(OP)
hi,
just got a question on preservation of archeological specimens.what chemical is used to preserve old earthern utensils & old idols just dug out of the ground??? oh yeah!! & what do u do in the C-14 dating test. does it harm the specimen???
just got a question on preservation of archeological specimens.what chemical is used to preserve old earthern utensils & old idols just dug out of the ground??? oh yeah!! & what do u do in the C-14 dating test. does it harm the specimen???





RE: preservation of archeological specimens
I believe the carbon dating process is destructive, but only requires a very, very, very small sample.