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The 189 pages that link to Radiocarbon dating, each with the reason it gives.

• Radioactive decayBroader topic: It applies radioactive decay to archaeological and geological samples containing organic carbon.

• Radiometric datingBroader topic: Its short timescale makes it useful for archaeological and recent biological materials, unlike most rock-dating systems.

• Stable isotope analysisCompared with: It uses a radioactive isotope to determine age, rather than stable ratios alone.

• Dead Sea ScrollsRelated: Tests of manuscript material provide dates independent of handwriting and historical interpretation.

• DendrochronologyCompared with: It dates organic material independently and can complement tree-ring chronologies.

• Last Glacial MaximumRelated: It dates many organic records used to establish the timing of LGM conditions.

• ArchaeologyRelated: It supplies calendar-age estimates for organic remains from archaeological contexts.

• Thermohaline circulationRelated: Radiocarbon measurements helped establish how slowly deep waters circulate.

• Egyptian chronologyRelated: It supplies independent date ranges for organic remains from Egyptian sites.

• PaleoclimateBroader topic: It dates many organic paleoclimate records, especially those from the recent geological past.

• Archaeological contextRelated: A dated sample anchors a context in time only when its association is secure.

• Iron AgeRelated: Radiocarbon results help revise proposed dates for early ironworking and settlement sequences.

• StratigraphyRelated: Radiocarbon results can assign calendar-age estimates to material from specific layers.

• Pleistocene megafaunaRelated: It helps date the late survival and disappearance of many species.

• GeochronologyBroader topic: It extends chronological measurement into the late Quaternary, though not deep geological time.

• History of artRelated: It can help date organic materials used in artworks and archaeological contexts.

• Nuclear physicsBroader topic: It uses a predictable radioactive decay process to date archaeological and geological samples.

• Upper PaleolithicRelated: It dates many Upper Paleolithic sites and organic artifacts.

• Archaeological stratigraphyRelated: Radiocarbon dates can attach calendar-age estimates to materials in stratified contexts.

• ChronologyBroader topic: It supplies calendar-age estimates for many archaeological and historical sequences.

• Oxygen isotope ratioCompared with: It estimates sample age, whereas oxygen isotope ratios usually indicate environmental conditions.

• Göbekli TepeRelated: Radiocarbon measurements from site deposits help establish the chronology of its occupation.

• RadioactivityBroader topic: It applies radioactive decay to archaeological and environmental samples.

• PaleolithicRelated: It dates many late Paleolithic sites, though it cannot reach the era’s earliest periods.

• CarbonRelated: Carbon-14’s radioactive decay provides a clock for archaeological and geological samples.

• Pollen analysisRelated: It can date organic material associated with pollen-bearing sediment layers.

• ArchaeogeneticsRelated: Dating remains anchors genetic findings to a chronology.

• Biblical archaeologyRelated: It provides independent date ranges for organic remains from relevant archaeological contexts.

• ÇatalhöyükRelated: Radiocarbon measurements help establish the settlement’s occupation chronology.

• Cave paintingRelated: It can date charcoal pigments and organic remains associated with painted sites.

• Uruk periodRelated: It helps anchor the period’s archaeological sequence to calendar dates.

• ArchaeobotanyRelated: Dating individual seeds can test whether plant remains belong to their archaeological layer.

• Archaeological datingBroader topic: It dates organic remains central to many archaeological contexts.

• Clovis cultureRelated: Radiocarbon measurements anchor Clovis finds to the late Pleistocene.

• PaleoseismologyRelated: Organic material above or below a rupture can constrain when the earthquake occurred.

• Peopling of the AmericasRelated: Reliable dates determine whether archaeological occupations predate Clovis or the opening of migration routes.

• Mass numberRelated: The method tracks an isotope identified by its mass number.

• Carbon-12Compared with: It relies on comparing radioactive carbon-14 with stable carbon isotopes, including carbon-12.

• Ethiopian historiographyRelated: It can date archaeological contexts that help test chronologies derived from texts.

• Permafrost carbon cycleRelated: Carbon age measurements reveal whether emissions come from recent plants or ancient stores.

• Carbon-14Broader topic: This is the isotope’s best-known application.

• Egyptian king listsRelated: Independent dates can test chronologies inferred from written king sequences.

• Soil carbonRelated: Radiocarbon measurements help assess how long different soil-carbon fractions have persisted.

• Underwater archaeologyRelated: Organic remains from submerged sites can be dated, subject to contamination and reservoir effects.

• Cosmogenic nuclide datingCompared with: It dates organic carbon, whereas cosmogenic methods date exposure or burial of mineral surfaces.

• Isotope-ratio mass spectrometryRelated: Isotope measurements quantify carbon-14 relative to stable carbon isotopes in dating samples.

• LascauxRelated: Dating charcoal from Lascaux helped constrain the age of its decorated chambers.

• LichenometryCompared with: Unlike lichenometry, it dates organic remains rather than lichen size on a surface.

• Mesoamerican chronologyRelated: It dates organic remains that help establish the sequence of archaeological sites.

• Relative datingCompared with: It supplies numerical ages for suitable recent organic remains.