Archaeology as pseudoscience and carbon dating methodology critique. Archaeology uses scientific methods but draws non-scientific conclusions Carbon dating on the Great Pyramid shows a 200-300 year gap with written records Bayesian modeling was used to push dates to most recent period to eliminate gap
A 200-300 year gap between radiocarbon dating and historical records has been documented in studies of Old Kingdom monuments, including the Great Pyramid. However, BBC reporting on a 2010 study noted that 'radiocarbon dating was used to show that the chronology of Egypt's Old, Middle and New Kingdoms is indeed accurate.' The gap appears to be an earlier finding that subsequent research has addressed through improved calibration methods, not evidence that archaeological dating is fundamentally non-scientific.
Key Facts
- Archaeology uses scientific methods but draws non-scientific conclusions
- Carbon dating on the Great Pyramid shows a 200-300 year gap with written records
- Bayesian modeling was used to push dates to most recent period to eliminate gap
- The Edgar Casey Foundation and David Koonce funded the carbon dating to prove written records wrong
- When assumptions go in, conclusions come out matching those assumptions
- Daren Cuyu (Derinkuyu Underground City) underground city in Turkey has reversed stratigraphy - top layers dug first
- Byzantine Christian artifacts found there do not prove when initial tunnels were dug
Related site: Derinkuyu Underground City — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
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