Dating Metals?

fearn · 19th September 2005, 04:47 AM

Hi Ariel,

To be more precise, I was thinking of an archeological situation, where charcoal from an old fire, the rags wrapping a statue, or some other source of organics were found with the statue. Or there were remnants of a wood hilt on an old knife.

If it's a statue that was found in an antique shop, forget about it. I suppose you can get some estimate by observing rates of corrosion in an environment similar to whatever it was in for the last two millenia, but absent that, it's wild-eyed (ahem) guess time.

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19th September 2005, 04:47 AM	#6
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Hi Ariel, To be more precise, I was thinking of an archeological situation, where charcoal from an old fire, the rags wrapping a statue, or some other source of organics were found with the statue. Or there were remnants of a wood hilt on an old knife. If it's a statue that was found in an antique shop, forget about it. I suppose you can get some estimate by observing rates of corrosion in an environment similar to whatever it was in for the last two millenia, but absent that, it's wild-eyed (ahem) guess time. F