Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon. The development of radiocarbon dating has had a profound impact on archaeology.

What is carbon dating explain in brief?

: the determination of the age of old material (such as an archaeological or paleontological specimen) by means of the content of carbon 14.