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When Did Things Happen in the Ancient World? Interview with Professor Sturt Manning

Tides of History

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Can You Date a Piece of Wood to the Year?

basian approaches have revolutionized archaeology in the last twentys years. You can date a piece of wood potentially to the year, and even make comments about what happens in spring in a given year thousands of years ago. But it only works if you do have a building or a particular context with the back or the wainage sitting there,. It dates the object to the sample, but tying that to the question tha you 're interested in is always the problem.

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