Sentences with phrase «year increments archaeologists»

With the new technique, the Megiddo researchers began to date buildings, pottery and olive pits to within a range of 40 years, a massive improvement over the 200 - year increments archaeologists had dealt in before.

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Most archaeologists have deciphered history in 200 - year increments, but Finkelstein now can narrow construction, destruction and other events in antiquity to within as little as three decades, helping him refine the archaeological clock.