Radiocarbon dating errors inherent

Errors Inherent to the Radiocarbon Dating Method. The decay of radiocarbon is radioactive, involving discrete nuclear disintegrations taking place at random dates derived from the measurement of radiocarbon levels are therefore subject to statistical errors intrinsic to the measurement, which cannot be ignored. It is because of these errors that radiocarbon dates are expressed as a time range, in the form... 

The many possible errors, as well as the difficulties inherent to the radiocarbon dating method itself, serve to emphasize the need for a close collaboration between archaeologists and natural scientists when dating archaeological samples by the radiocarbon method. 

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