Forensic Archaeology

In this lab that we were given on Monday my lab partner and I were given a situation where we had to find the half life of imaginary atoms. This was done by using small squares that had a dark side and a white side. 567 squares were put into a cup and randomly poured on the table. The paper squares with the white sides were taken out. This was repeated six times.

When doing this experiment, I started to wonder how often the half life of an object is correct. Is the half life more of average time, or an exact time. By what Mrs. Frankenburg has said, it seems that the half life is always correct. In statistics I've learned about predicted lines, and I think that the lines of a half life graph are probably the predicted lines, but probably a good average due to extensive research on atoms. 

Forensic archaeology is the application of archaeology to criminal investigations. Part of archaeology is using the half life to predict the age of something, such as a old human items. The main use of forensic archaeology is to figure out the age of a body, similar to the what we were doing in the lab.