Just started "The Bible Unearthed"

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I just started this book. I know that I am going to have a lot of questions. Anyone here pretty well educated on this topic and willing to field some questions as they come up? One general question, how are archeologists able to make sure (or close to) conclusions based off of centuries old cities? Like these cities that are 2500-3000 years old, sometimes I read about new discoveries based off of a pottery shard or something like that. I saw Pompeii recently and was amazed by its preservation, but this is a major anomaly right? Most cities aren't preserved by layers of volcanic ash. Anyway, thanks for the help

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Min is the man for the job!

"Old broken stuff" probably isn't a very useful comment so I'll leave it to him

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"Old broken stuff"

Don't talk about my knees like that!

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[/quote]Feel free to ask your questions.[/quote]


How are archeologist able to split up the advancements in pottery technology? This makes sense to me how they use the pottery to date the dig site. But how are they certain that a certain advancement came about when it did? How would they be able to discern that a city wasn't using older methods due to lack of specific tools or a longstanding heritage?

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