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 waroiraruke tētahi o āna tukanga koiora. Ka mate ana he rauropi, ka tīmata te horo haere o te waroiraruke kei roto i a ia. Mā te ine i te nui o te waroiraruke 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.