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Published online 3 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030331-5
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New dating trick for bricks
Old building materials show their age when you roast them.
Roasting ancient building materials might help archaeologists to date them1.
Bricks swell very slowly as they age, because they absorb moisture.
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