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.
TAKENGA MAI
▾ine - to measure
wā - time
horo - waste away, crumble down
waro - carbon