Re: Egyptian Chronology

From: Eric Stevens (eric.stevens_at_sum.co.nz)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:27:22 +1300

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:10:44 +0000, Alan M Dunsmuir
<alan@moonrake.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In message <6441580d4d.diggings@diggingsonline.com>, Kendall K. Down
><webmaster@diggingsonline.com> writes
>>Indeed, but where do you put that ring in the sequence you are building
>>up? That is where, from time to time, C-14 dating is used.
>
>By using many overlapping samples, you build up a complete sequence of
>patterns from the present day back (in some cases in NW Europe) to about
>5,000 BCE.
>
>No need for C14 at all.

Quite the reverse in fact. The C14 from the rings is used to calibrate
the C14 curve.

Eric Stevens

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