ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - C3 Carbon Fixation, Osteoporosis, Luminescence
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Carbon dating, find out how old fossils are, and know if its legit. Why? you can never get at why, you can come up with different theories but never know why. Sources of water, clay, iron ore, firewood and etc. local and oral history. Subsurface investigations electrical resistivity survey proton magnetometry ground penetrating radar. 1,000,000 years ago could mean 900,000 1, 100 000. Measuring change through time due to changes in tech ra materials or styles of artifacts. Styles appear gradually achieve some measure of acceptance an then. Most fossils are in east africa with volcanoes so its easier. Most abundant quartz crystal is sand, sand is everywhere luminescence means to capture light. Use wear materials analysis (bow & arrows, spears) All native plants are c3 plants a ratio of -26permil. Tropical grasses are c4 value of -12permil corn is c4. Burial context- tells you if persons status was high or low.
