Introductory material

United States Atomic Energy Commission Division of Technical Information Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-60195 1966; 1968(Rev.)

A 14,000-year-old burial site being uncovered in the area of the Aswan Reservoir in Sudan. To determine the age of such ancient remains, archaeologists search for every scrap of associated wood or charcoal that could be used for age measurement of carbon-14, one of the “nuclear clocks” described in this booklet.

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By HENRY FAUL