ANTHRO 107

What kind of materials can be dated with luminescence dating?

• Organic (bone, charcoal, shell, etc.)

• Non-organics  such as sediments/sedimentary particles

• Liquids

• All of the above

What is the approximate upper limit of radiocarbon dating?

• Up to 5,000 years

• Up to 5,000,000 years

• Up to 50,000 years

• up to 5,000 years

Stratigraphy is an absolute dating technique.

• True

• False

All absolute dating techniques give the exact age of the specimen.

• True

• False

The Law of Superposition states...

• The closer to the surface, the older things are

• Things found in close proximity tend to be from the same time

• The position of things relative to others cannot be used to measure time

• Assuming no disturbance, older things occur below younger things