Dating things in their context i.e. an artefact in a specific layer is much easier, because you can corroborate and compare a range of dating measures on a range of items in the same context. An item on a beach could have come from anywhere and arrived at any time.
Much trickier...
Dating things in their context i.e. an artefact in a specific layer is much easier, because you can corroborate and compare a range of dating measures on a range of items in the same context. An item on a beach could have come from anywhere and arrived at any time.