Relative Dating

For this lab, I decided to focus on relative dating in studying things of the past. I found this the most interesting form to examine. Relative dating doesn’t give one an exact date but can give a good time frame of an artifact. It is used by looking at sequences and layers with regards to the soil for excavating. This is known as stratigraphy (Bahn,122). It was inspired by geology in looking at layers of soil (Dating Archeology, 2016). As an archeologist using this method, one would say, “the underlying layer was deposited first and therefore, earlier then overlying layer”(Bahn, 122). In simple terms, the digger one deeps, the older it’s going to be for an artifact. This is the viewpoint of using relative dating. Once an artifact is found in a layer, the archeologist compares it to other artifacts. Relative dating is a method that exams artifacts relative to other artifacts in the area and compares them. An archeologist is then able to presume the age by comparing the two artifacts and where they were located. It’s an association between the two artifacts. An example would be finding seashells and an artifact that resemble a plate. This would help the archeologist
I found this the most interesting form to examine. Relative dating doesn’t give one an exact date but can give a good time frame of an artifact. It is used by looking at sequences and layers with regards to the soil for excavating. This is known as stratigraphy (Bahn,122). It was inspired by geology in looking at layers of soil (Dating Archeology, 2016). As an archeologist using this method, one would say, “the underlying layer was deposited first and therefore, earlier then overlying layer”(Bahn, 122). In simple terms, the digger one deeps, the older it’s going to be for an artifact. This is the viewpoint of using relative dating. Once an artifact is found in a layer, the archeologist compares it to other