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To: Auntie Dem
How can a stone wall be accurately dated?

That is the big question. If the wall is submerged now it can at least be dated to when it was last above water, making some assumptions. But inorganic ruins by themselves would have to be dated by association with other objects and materials. If they find a piece of wood, there is the chance of using dendrochronology, a powerful new tool.

45 posted on 11/26/2002 11:34:30 AM PST by RightWhale
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To: RightWhale
Surely, the big question is how did they get the mortar to set?
48 posted on 11/26/2002 11:47:00 AM PST by ijcr
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