Item dating is often very contextual. Not only does writing help considerably, but a lot of context was lost in the chaos of the Spanish colonization/looting of South America, unfortunately.
That being said, sometimes, there just isn't enough context, even for Old World items, to get anything more than a very broad dating down. I've seen some pieces with ranges of thousands of years, lmao.
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Akasazh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 110d
Wow that's so rare for an organic item to survive that long
Efflixi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 110d
How did that last for over 1k years???
PugJesus@piefed.social · 2 pts · 109d
Grave good, maybe? Items that are sealed up from the elements can last a long time.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 110d
Wonder why they can’t narrow the date range closer?
PugJesus@piefed.social · 2 pts · 109d
Item dating is often very contextual. Not only does writing help considerably, but a lot of context was lost in the chaos of the Spanish colonization/looting of South America, unfortunately.
That being said, sometimes, there just isn't enough context, even for Old World items, to get anything more than a very broad dating down. I've seen some pieces with ranges of thousands of years, lmao.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 109d
I was thinking carbon dating would be available in this case.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 2 pts · 110d
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/318956