Radiocarbon dating is ok, but I prefer regular ole stratigraphic dating. It’s simple(ish), and works for every kind of material - no need for organics or iron.
Dendrochronology is pretty cool, too, but relies on records of tree rings; those are kinda sparse, don’t stretch back very far, and aren’t really that helpful for dating anything other than trees (and things built out of trees).
All of this having been said - if we’re dating organic materials less than, like, 60,000 years old, radiocarbon is definitely the way to go. But if we’re trying to tie it to civilization or something we’re gonna have to find some sort of artifacts to go along with it.
Let’s date
Sure! What’s for favorite method? I love carbon-14 dating but I’m open to others
I’m partial to ISO 8601 dating, myself.
To each there own
Radiocarbon dating is ok, but I prefer regular ole stratigraphic dating. It’s simple(ish), and works for every kind of material - no need for organics or iron.
Dendrochronology is pretty cool, too, but relies on records of tree rings; those are kinda sparse, don’t stretch back very far, and aren’t really that helpful for dating anything other than trees (and things built out of trees).
All of this having been said - if we’re dating organic materials less than, like, 60,000 years old, radiocarbon is definitely the way to go. But if we’re trying to tie it to civilization or something we’re gonna have to find some sort of artifacts to go along with it.
I think most people date organic material significantly younger than 60,000 years old so let’s go with that
Great! I’ll see you Thursday :-)