I am always curious to know how they determine the date of historical artifacts? Anyone here can throw some light?
12,000-year-old realistic human statue was unearthed
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#52Seems like graphics have gotten a bit better since then
CSS (Cosmetic Self-Care and Surgery) has come a long way over the millennia
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#53I am always curious to know how they determine the date of historical artifacts? Anyone here can throw some light?
One technique is radiocarbon dating:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating
EDIT: For artefacts made entirely out of stone, you can date objects in the sediment around them to get an approximation.
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#54There must be so much more underground in that region waiting to be discovered. For instance less than ten miles south is the town of Kisas, about which wikipedia says: "It is built on top of an old archaeological mound (höyük) which has not been excavated because it lies completely under the town."
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#55I think whomever this statue represents, would get a cosmic kick out of people, 12000 years into the future, appreciating the majesty of his phallus.
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#56I am always curious to know how they determine the date of historical artifacts? Anyone here can throw some light?
One technique is radiocarbon dating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating EDIT: For artefacts made entirely out of stone, you can date objects in the sediment around them to get an approximation.
But that only works for organic material. Not stone.
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#57The last couple of pictures, of the eyes and the bird, are really neat. Göbeklitepe continues to provide interesting results. It's kind of comforting and exciting that we have so much yet to uncover about the past.
If I remember correctly only a small portion of the site was actually excavated mostly to preserve everything from erosion.
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#58That's not what I consider a "realistic human statue" ?
'Recognizable' seems much more appropriate than 'realistic' in this case.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
One technique is radiocarbon dating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating EDIT: For artefacts made entirely out of stone, you can date objects in the sediment around them to get an approximation.
But that only works for organic material. Not stone.
The article says there were traces of pigment that could be dated. There are other techniques related to the layers of sediment or other clues. I think with a site like this they don't need to date every object. If they can gather enough data points they know when the site was in use. It's technically possible that the statue stone is older and was brought to the site and we might never know, but it's just highly unlikely.
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#60There must be so much more underground in that region waiting to be discovered. For instance less than ten miles south is the town of Kisas, about which wikipedia says: "It is built on top of an old archaeological mound (höyük) which has not been excavated because it lies completely under the town." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%B1sas,_Haliliye
And what may have been destroyed and will forever be forgotten.
This region is only a couple miles north of Raqqa, which was an ISIS stronghold only a couple years ago, and they destroyed innumerable historical artifacts.