What is it about?
Archaeologists regularly use coins to date their archaeological contexts and sites, but do not necessarily appreciate the complexities of both the dating of the artifacts, and the implications for the dating of their sites.
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Why is it important?
Dating is fundamental to the archaeological enterprise. This paper looks at these issues via a series of archaeological case studies, mainly focused on Roman period sites.
Perspectives
This paper combines my interests in archaeological methodology and coinage studies.
Dr Kris Lockyear
University College London Institute of Archaeology
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This page is a summary of: DATING COINS, DATING WITH COINS, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, April 2012, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2012.00385.x.
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