Author Question: A relative date is a. a date expressed as a specific unit of scientific measurement, such as ... (Read 49 times)

chandani · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

A relative date is

a. a date expressed as a specific unit of scientific measurement, such as days, years, centuries, or millennia.
b. a date expressed relative to another (e.g., earlier, later, more recent, etc.) rather than in absolute terms.
c. a date based on the occurrence of distinctive fossil assemblages in distinct strata.
d. no longer useful for archaeology; absolute dates are necessary in order to provide a meaningful interpretation of an assemblage.
e. a date that can be rejected because it is only relative.

Question 2

By the time an artifact reaches an archaeologist's hand, it has usually long since ceased to participate in the living behavioral system.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false