Archaeological Dating: Retracing Time

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1976

Complete Record: Describes a number of dating methods used by archeologists as they study the ruins of past civilizations. Discusses pottery typology and stratigraphy, two approaches to determining the age of an archeological site relative to other sites. Methods of absolute dating techniques for artifacts introduced are dendrochronology (tree ring dating), archeo-magnetic dating, obsidian hydration dating and radiocarbon dating. Filmed in an ancient southwest American Indian pueblo site.

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