Archaeological Methods
and
Dating Techniques

In the news . . .

• Using Modern Tools to Reconstruct Ancient Life -- New York Times (09 January 2012)
  
  
• Human, Artificial Intelligence Join Forces to Pinpoint Fossil Locations -- ScienceDaily (21 November 2011)
  
  
• Scientists Digitise Our Prehistoric Past -- Past Horizons (27 October 2011)
  
  
• Face to face with a Mesolithic boy [Norway] -- Past Horizons (21 October 2011)
  
  
• Conservation team develops new technique for dating silk -- Past Horizons (13 September 2011)
  
  
• Dating Stone Tools -- New York Times (12 September 2011)
  
  
• Tree Rings Reveal Forest Fires from Hundreds of Years Ago -- ScienceDaily (08 September 2011)
  
  
• Obsidian Artifacts Point to Ice-Age Mariners in Prehistoric Greece -- Past Horizons (27 August 2011)
  
  
• Gould's Skulls: Is Bias Inevitable in Science? -- NewScientist (25 July 2011)
  • The Mismeasure of [Samuel George] Morton -- Jason Lewis (07 July 2011)
    
    
• The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias -- PLoS Biology (07 June 2011)
  
  
• Technology to Throw New Light On Ancient Artifacts -- ScienceDaily (20 July 2011)
  • Technology to throw new light on ancient artefacts -- Past Horizons (22 July 2011)
    
    
• Google Earth Archaeology -- Past Horizons (20 July 2011)
  
  
• Sacks of Human Waste Reveal Secrets of Ancient Rome -- National Geographic News (23 June 2011)
  
  
• Archaeology's Tech Revolution Since Indiana Jones -- Live Science (10 June 2011)
  
  
• iPad Helps Archaeologists -- Science Daily (08 April 2011)
  
  
• Giant Archaeological Trove Found in Google Earth -- New Scientist (04 February 2011)

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General
Google Search: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Methodology

• Acoustic Archaeology Yielding Mind-Tripping Tricks -- Discovery News (16 November 2010)
• Advanced Geographical Models Bring New Perspective to Study of Archaeology [computational modeling] -- ScienceDaily (13 May 2010)
• Billion-Pixel Image Tool Probes Science Mysteries -- National Geographic News (12 November 2010)
• Giant Archaeological Trove Found in Google Earth -- New Scientist (04 February 2011)
• Record of Time: An Introduction to the Nature of Fossils and
  Paleoanthropological Dating Methods -- Dennis O'Neil (tutorial)
• Geologic Time: The Story of a Changing Earth -- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  • Introduction to Dating Methods
    
    
• Dating Tecniques -- EMuseum
  
  
• Digital Research Tools -- Lisa Spiro, Digital Media Center, Rice University
  
  
• 'Jesus-Era' Burial Cloth Casts Doubt on Turin Shroud -- Discovery News (17 December 2009)
  
  
• New Dating Technique Could Establish Age of the Turin Shroud -- Telegraph (24 March 2010)
  
  
• Paleoclimatology -- National Climatic Data Center
  
  
• Reading Zip Codes of 3,500-Year-Old Letters: Non-Destructive X-Ray Scanning of Archaeological Finds -- ScienceDaily (06 August 2010)
  
  
• Toolkit: How One Archaeologist Gears Up for Digs -- Wired (26 April 2011)
  
  
• Trampling Skews Artifact Dates by Thousands of Years? -- National Geographic News (29 September 2010)
  
  
• Underground Peep Show Reveals Artifacts of Life -- Live Science (23 September 2010)
  
  
• Virtual Dating -- Virtual Courseware

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Archaeometery
Google Search: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Methodology > Dating > Laboratories

• Giant Archaeological Trove Found in Google Earth -- New Scientist (04 February 2011)
• What is Archaeometry / Archaeological Science? -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

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Dendrochronology
Google Search: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Methodology > Dating > Dendrochronology

• ULTIMATE TREE-RING WEB PAGES -- Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
• International network of dendrochronology -- Claudia Gruenwald
• What is dendrochronology? -- Claudia Gruenwald
• Scientists to Unearth Ice Age Secrets from Preserved Tree Rings -- Science Daily (2010-04-06)
• The Tree-Ring Society
• The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research -- The University of Arizona
• Dendrochronologia -- Italian Institute of Dendrochronology
• The Bibliography of Dendrochronology -- Henri D. Grissino-Mayer

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DNA Analysis

• For information on DNA see the DNA page

• see Forensics page

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Geological Analysis

• The Dynamic Earth -- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Textbook: Key Concepts in Geomorphology -- University of Vermont

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Microwear Analysis

• Dental Microwear -- Peter Ungar, U. of Arkansas

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Obsidian Hydration
Google Search: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Methodology > Dating > Obsidian Hydration

• Obsidian Hydration Analysis -- Redwood Valley, California, USA

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Paleomagnetic Dating
Google Search: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Methodology > Dating

• North American Archaeomagnetism -- Stacey Lengyel
  • PALEOMAGNETIC TIME SCALE
• paleomagnetism analysis -- USGS

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Palynology

• Palynology -- American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• Palynology -- Forensic -- Dr. Terry J. Hutter
• Palynology at The University of Arizona -- Owen Davis

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Radioacarbon Dating
Google Search: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Methodology > Dating > Radiocarbon Dating

• Radiocarbon WEB-info -- Waikato and Oxford Universities

• Fundamentals -- Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database
  
  
• 'Jesus-Era' Burial Cloth Casts Doubt on Turin Shroud -- Discovery News (17 December 2009)
  
  
• Virtual Dating -- Virtual Courseware

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Reconstruction of Fossils

• Bringing hominids back to life -- Past Horizons (14 January 2011)
• FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION -- Gay Malin
• Virtual MorphometryVirtual Morphometry

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Remote Sensing

• Archaeology -- NASA
• Giant Archaeological Trove Found in Google Earth -- New Scientist (04 February 2011)
  

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Seriation
Google Search: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Seriation

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Surface Surveys
Google Search: Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Surface Surveys and Field Walking

• Giant Archaeological Trove Found in Google Earth -- New Scientist (04 February 2011)