Tree stumps dating back to 1650 have been found on Hatteras Island beaches managed by Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the National Park Service. Dave Krueger Dozens of still-rooted tree stumps ...
Radiocarbon dating, or carbon-14 dating, is a scientific method that can accurately determine the age of organic materials as old as approximately 60,000 years. First developed in the late 1940s at ...
Dozens of still-rooted tree stumps uncovered by beach erosion have given scientists a window into what North Carolina’s Outer Banks looked like before the arrival of Europeans. Nearly 30 stumps have ...