Μέθοδοι χρονολόγησης στην Αρχαιολογία

Archaeological science, also known as Archaeometry, is related to the application of scientific techniques, physical and chemical, for the analysis of archaeological materials, with the main goal of dating them. Dating methods used not only for archeology, are two, relative and absolute dating. Relative dating is the science of determining the relative order of past events. Before the discovery of radiometric dating in the early 20th century has been used in geology, to correlate rock or superficial deposits, fossils and lithologies and determine the sequential order in which a series of events occurred. Absolute dating, on the other hand, is usually based on the physical, chemical, and life properties of the materials of artifacts, buildings, or other items that have been modified by humans and by historical associations with materials with known dates i.e. coins and written history. Techniques include tree rings in timbers, radiocarbon dating of wood or bones, and trapped-charge dating methods such as thermoluminescence dating of glazed ceramics.