Minimum date evidence
Definition
Artefacts (coins, currency notes, dated packaging, mobile phones) recovered from a burial whose manufacture date establishes that burial cannot have occurred before that date. Less precise than chronometric methods but often more resistant to challenge.
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- Burial Interval EstimationArtefacts (coins, currency notes, dated packaging, mobile phones) recovered from a burial whose manufacture date establishes that burial cannot have occurred b...