Crystals exposed to radioactivity trap electrons in crystal faults. By heating material, luminescence {thermo-luminescence} measures number trapped. Thermo-luminescence can date from recent times to hundreds of thousands of years ago. Electron-spin resonance also measures number trapped.
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