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Week 3: Theory and practice of archaeology

    Excavation and interpretation
  • Graham-Campbell and Valor 29-42
  • Greene 87-139
  • visit the site of the Harris Matrix
    Dating the past: methods of dating
  • Greene 140-181
  • Graham-Campbell and Valor 42-43
  • see a presentation of the principles of radiocarbon dating and of its application in age calculations
  • read an introduction to the use of dendrochronology for Medieval Studies and visit the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona
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