Archaeological Dating Methods
RODrag the paragraphs into the correct order.
A
The series of strata in an archaeological dig enables an excavator to date recovered objects relatively, if not absolutely.
B
However, when archaeologists want to know the absolute date of a site, they can often go beyond simple stratigraphy.
C
Historical records, coins, and other date–bearing objects can help — if they exist. But even prehistoric sites contain records written in nature's hand.
D
For example, tree ring, Dendrochronology (literally, tree time) dates wooden artefacts by matching their ring patterns to known records, which, in some areas of the world, span several thousand years.