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Radiocarbon dating, invented in the late 1940s and improved ever since to provide more precise measurements, is the standard method for determining the dates of artifacts in archaeology and other disciplines.

Iroquoian longhouse interior, reconstructed

Maize, not metal, key to native settlements’ history in NY

The focus was on the period from the late 15th to the early 17th century, he said, or “the long 16th century of change in the northeast.”

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RadioCIAMS: The Cornell Archaeology Podcast

RadioCIAMS is our podcast series, wherein we probe critical debates in archaeology in conversation between leading practitioners and the next generation of researchers. Our most recent episode, with Eleanor Casella (University of Tasmania) discussing the archaeology of institutional confinement and the role of historical archaeology in both the academy and also contemporary Tasmanian society, is embedded below.

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RadioCIAMS with Eleanor Casella, May 2nd, 2019: