Dating Methods That Identify a Particular Object as Being Older

question 37

Multiple Choice

Dating methods that identify a particular object as being older or younger in relation to some other object, and that arrange material evidence in a linear sequence, so that we know what came before what, are called

• A) numerical dating methods
• B) "layer cake" dating methods
• C) relative dating methods
• D) allometric dating methods

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