What were the dating methods used here?
Dating was probably somewhat limited to local “mom & pop” type establishments, as Wall Mart wasn’t quite there yet, and franchises had not expanded out that far yet. :)
Actually, I’ll bet there are more than a few Orthodox Jews who would have a problem with the dating methods.
Whenever a dude saw a chick he liked, he would ask to go to Starbuck’s and a movie.
The artifacts found were not all from the vicinity, so the dates are based on the dates of similar artifacts from elsewhere. The area must have enjoyed a lot of trade. Recognition of the obsidian trade and the dating of it (Colin Renfrew is generally associated with both) helped transform modern views on how much geographical movement there was during the Stone Ages. This site has an intrusive burial from about 4000 years ago, a couple of warriors buried with bronze gear. The burials were in what by then must have looked like a natural landscape.