More on dating. Sometimes they get lucky and find organic material for c14 testing. Improvements in the process now have them able to obtain dates for such short-lived items as cereal grains or pollen.
Here is a report on the c14 dating done at Tell-es-Sultan ( Jericho ). It's a bit technical but then science usually is.
http://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/...Bruins.pdf
Here is a report on the c14 dating done at Tell-es-Sultan ( Jericho ). It's a bit technical but then science usually is.
http://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/...Bruins.pdf