Bone collagen dating

The older a sample is, the less (the period of time after which half of a given sample will have decayed) is about 5,730 years, the oldest dates that can be reliably measured by this process date to around 50,000 years ago, although special preparation methods occasionally permit accurate analysis of older samples.

The idea behind radiocarbon dating is straightforward, but years of work were required to develop the technique to the point where accurate dates could be obtained.

A novel protocol to purify bone collagen for radiocarbon dating and stable isotope ratio analysis from asphalt-impregnated skeletal remains stored in the George C.

Bone organic matter could be altered physically and chemically through absorbing dissolved organic carbon and "fusing" humic substances with collagen compounds through humification processes.

Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) researcher Hong Wang and colleagues in the ISGS Radiocarbon Laboratory have developed a technique to date bone collagen using a pyrolysis to separate volatile components from larger molecules in organic samples submitted for radiocarbon dating.

Only a few radiocarbon (C) dating laboratories perform high-resolution bone collagen dating.

After the AOGS-AGU conference in Singapore, the abstract was removed from the conference website by two chairmen because they could not accept the findings.

Carbon-14 is considered to be a highly reliable dating technique.