1211

Dating Methods In Archaeology

Scope Note

Statements about how an archaeological site, unit, stratum, or non-artifactual constituent, etc. was dated and what methods were used (absolute versus relative dating, Carbon-14, thermoluminescence, archaeomagnetism, obsidian hydration, etc.), This category is used to index discussions about what was used for the sample (that is, what was dated), how the sample was extracted in the field, where the sample was processed, and how the sample was processed.

History Note

This category, term, and scope note were introduced in 1997. The scope note was rewritten completely in 2000.

Broader Term
120 Research Methods
Use Fors
Accelerator mass spectrometric (AMS, as technique)
Amino acid dating
AMS (accelerator mass spetrometry, as technique)
Archaeological dating (techniques)
Archaeomagnetism
Carbon 14 dating (technique)
Chronology (dating methods)
Data analysis (chronometric, in archaeology)
Data classification (archaeological dating methods)
Data quantification (archaeological dating methods)
Dates (radiocarbon)
Dating (absolute dating methods)
Dating (accelerator mass spectrometry, as technique)
Dating (amino acid)
Dating (Carbon 14)
Dating (dendrochronology)
Dating (electron spin resonance)
Dating (fission track)
Dating (Isotopic)
Dating (obsidian hydration)
Dating (radiopotassium)
Dating (relative dating methods)
Dating (thermoluminescence)
Dating (tree-ring)
Dating (uranium series)
Dating of archaeological sites and materials
Dendrochronology dating method
Electron spin resonance dating
Fission track dating
Isotopic dating techniques
Obsidian hydration dating
Radiocarbon dating (technique)
Radiopotassium dating
Salvage archaeology (dating methods)
Thermoluminescence (TL) dating
Thermoluminesence (technique)
Uranium series dating
Identifier
1211

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