How old is it?

Conceptualizing the time Cyclical (Mythological) and linear time

Stratigraphy

Relative and absolute chronology

BC AD1/1

Exercise: your colored homework A

A1 A=A1

Archaeological sites and relative chronology

The role of stratigraphy one-level and multilevel sites; vertical and

horizontal stratigraphy; superimposition; natural transformation; seal-off effect; secondary intrusions.

One-level siteA B

ABC

CBA

Multi-level site

Artifacts and relative chronology

The law of association Frequency seriation (e.g. the so-called

battleship curve frequency seriation) Diagnostic artifacts

A B

C

Prehistory and chronologyRelative and absolute dating

Potassium-argon dating Radiocarbon chronology Dendrochronology Archaeomagnetic dating Other absolute dating methods

Obsidian hydration method Thermoluminescence (TL) dating Electronic Spin Resonance (ESP) dating Uranium Series Dating Fission-Track Dating Thermoremnent magnetism

Historical and calendar chronology

Historical documents Calendars Cross-dating

A

BAD

B

CD

D

Instance