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Kōrero: Nōnahea a Aotearoa nōhia tuatahitia ai?

Accelerator mass spectrometer, Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory

Accelerator mass spectrometer, Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory

E rua ngā taiwhanga pūtaiao radiocarbon ki Aotearoa – ko tētahi nā te Geological and Nuclear Sciences kei te Taiwhanga Pūtaiao o Rafter i Te Awakairangi, ko tētahi kei te whare wānanga o Waikato i Kirikiriroa. E ai ki ngā kaimatai whaipara tangata, ko te radiocarbon dating te tikanga nui rawa mō te ine i te pakeke o tētahi mea. Ka taea te ine i te pakeke o ngā mea matūwaro tatū rawa ki ngā tau e 50,000. Mā te tohunga me ngā taputapu hōu rawa ka puta ngā hua tika i tēnei tikanga ine pakeke.

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Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond. 'Nōnahea a Aotearoa nōhia tuatahitia ai?', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/nonahea-a-aotearoa-nohia-tuatahitia-ai/3/1