The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
28. How do you date things?
The Five-Minute Archaeologist in the Southern Levant - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
Eric Welch [+]
University of Kansas
Eric Welch is Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas.
Description
If the primary task of the archaeologist is to recover and study the past, then one of the most critical tools in this venture is the ability to date artifacts and the context from which they are excavated. This essay explores the different techniques used by archaeologists to date archaeological finds.