Dating Methods And Chronology Flashcards
What is stratigraphy/stratification?
A type of dating that tells us how old something is, based on the layers of soil
What is seriation?
The arrangement of objects in a sequence or series
Linguistic dating is…
Changes in language style
Why is climate important when considering the dating of artefacts?
People change to address the weather, the changes weather makes on people
How are deep sea and ice cores used to determine age?
When a natural phenomenon occurred
What is pollen dating?
What plants grew where based on pollen dust
Explain tree ring dating
Every year of a trees life it grows a ring, but when the tree is cut down it stops growing rings, so we can tell the ages of trees used for furniture
What is carbon dating?
It measures the amount of carbon in organic material, telling the age
Why is it important to date an artefact?
To find its place in time
