Absolute chronology

The absolute chronology is a technical term in archeology . In contrast to relative chronology, it describes a chronology related to a calendar . Relative chronology answers the question of whether an object is older or younger than another. Absolute chronology answers the question of which century before or after the birth of Christ an object comes from.

Methods that convert relative chronologies into absolute chronologies are e.g. B. the reference to historically datable events (e.g. in the case of Pompeii or the grave of Childerich I ), coin dating , dendrochronology or, with residual tolerances, the radiocarbon method .

See also

• Oscar Montelius
• Before Present

Individual evidence

1. ↑ aid-magazin.de: Absolute Chronology. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .