ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Radiocarbon Dating, Volcanic Glass

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Ant 100- lecture 9 dating methods / analysis and interpretation. Absolute dating: gives you a specific year of when the item was made. Many different methods, but the most obvious one is calendar dates. Though this gives you a specific date, it becomes difficult because calendar dates differed between cultures (i. e. ancient greeks = date from first olympics 776 bce, muslims = muhammad"s departure from mecca 622 ce. ) Must be long, with no gaps and 2) must be linked to known dates. Obsidian hydration = volcanic glass common stone tool material. Hydration penetrates into the stone at a known rate which can be measured. When a tree is cut, the rings on its stem is linked to the years it has been alive. You can use this method to these dates by matching a young tree that matches the ring of the dead tree.

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