Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 21/09/2005 23:14, Bill Rea wrote:

> ...
>
> All objections to the validity of radio carbon dating are
> answered by dendrochronology. There are a number of unbroken
> sequences dating back several thousand years. The bristlecone
> pine sequence from the White Mountains extends to 9,000 years
> before the present. There are other sequences which extend
> similar periods into the past.
>  

There are also a number of very serious technical difficulties with 
dendrochronological dating, especially of anything related to the Middle 
East - which is based on unpublished data. While I certainly don't 
reject such methods out of hand like Karl and James, neither do I accept 
that all questions have been solved by some marvellous scientific wizardry.

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Peter Kirk
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