Tikanga ā-Iwi

inewā horowaro

radiocarbon dating

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

He tukanga pūtaiao e tohua ai te wā o uki i hangaia ai tētahi taonga o nehe, i mate ai rānei tētahi rauropi.

A scientific process that determines the time in history that an artefact was created, or the time an organism died.

Tauira KŌrero

Ko tā te inewā horowaro i tohu ai, nō te rautau tekau mā rima te wheua moa i hukea ake i Te Āpiti o Manawatū i tērā marama.

E toru rangi te roa e oti ai te inewā horowaro.

Ka taea e te tukanga inewā horowaro te rāroa o tētahi taonga te tohu, tae atu ki te 50,000 tau, kia horoa katoatia te waro.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

I te wā e ora ana tētahi rauropi, pērā i te rākau me te kararehe, he miti waro iraruke tētahi o āna tukanga koiora. Ka mate ana he rauropi, ka tīmata te horo haere o te waro iraruke kei roto i a ia. Mā te ine i te nui o te waro iraruke e toe tonu ana, e tātaihia ai te roa o te wā e mate ana taua rauropi rā:

Takenga Mai

ine - to measure

wā - time

horo - waste away, crumble down

waro - carbon

Tauira KŌrero

Ko tā te inewā horowaro i tohu ai, nō te rautau tekau mā rima te wheua moa i hukea ake i Te Āpiti o Manawatū i tērā marama.

E toru rangi te roa e oti ai te inewā horowaro.

Ka taea e te tukanga inewā horowaro te rāroa o tētahi taonga te tohu, tae atu ki te 50,000 tau, kia horoa katoatia te waro.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga