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What is currently stopping someone knowledgeable about dating techniques from making a fake underwater Stonehenge with fake caveman inscriptions in order to gen
by umvi 4y ago
What is currently stopping someone knowledgeable about dating techniques from making a fake underwater Stonehenge with fake caveman inscriptions in order to generate sensational press? Are there properties of dating techniques that can't be (easily) falsified?
(I can't find anything on this website on how the scientists concluded the inscription is from 9k years ago)
- AlotOfReading 4y agoDating inscriptions is difficult because you usually can't directly date the removed material. The typical method is to start constraining when the carvings could possibly have been made. The Winnemucca lake petroglyphs are a good example of this process [0]. I'm unable to find a public field report for the site, but my guess is that the 9kya date is a terminus ante quem for when the site was flooded and the stones submerged. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnemucca_Lake#Petroglyphs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnemucca_Lake#Petroglyphs