The dating of objects by correlation with the chronology of another culture or site.
Example sentencesExamples
- Once the hemlock cores were measured, cross-dating was verified.
- After cross-dating, errors were corrected and cores that did not cross-date were discarded.
- He extended the principle of cross-dating, thus providing a chronological framework for his Bronze Age sequence.
- Here we combine cross-dating of fire scars in dead wood and living trees with sampling in a dense grid over a large area.
- The cross-dating allowed the age of the cores and disks to be determined accurately and identified any missing or false rings.