Speaker
Gianluca Quarta
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
Summary
Radiocarbon dating has proven to be a valuable tool in forensic science across a variety of applications, including the analysis of skeletal remains, drugs of abuse, food products, and combating the illegal trade of materials derived from endangered species. A key feature in these applications is the utilization of the “bomb peak”—the increase in atmospheric radiocarbon levels caused by aboveground nuclear tests—which provides improved chronological resolution for samples younger than ∼70 years.
We will then review different, relevant case studies such as the identification of the human skeletal remains in war scenarios, the fight against the illicit trafficking of ivory, the fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural heritage.
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Author
Gianluca Quarta
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
Co-authors
Giorgio Giuseppe Carbone
(CEDAD, Department of Mathematics and Physics “Ennio de Giorgi”-University of Salento)
Lucio Calcagnile
(University of Salento)
Marcella D'Elia
(Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica - Università del Salento)
