thermoluminescence dating

noun

Archaeology.

a method of dating archaeological specimens, chiefly pottery, by measuring the radiation given off by ceramic materials as they are heated.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of thermoluminescence dating¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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Another team working at the same site applied a technique called thermoluminescence dating to bricks used in the site's architecture.

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With tales of conspiracy, mishandled funds and even federal neglect, I knew I had found a good story, no matter how buried it was in arcane scientific details, thermoluminescence dating, electronic spin resonance and superconducting quantum interference.

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“The secondary rock samples we gathered were so we could do a new activity: thermoluminescence dating,” Karlin said.

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thermoluminescence thermolysis

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