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Absolute dating of complexes with help of coins is one of the oldest theoretical problems of archaeology. A number of correction factors were proposed in order to solve the problem of life time of a coin before its archaeologisation. Behaviour of Byzantine solidi of the 5th—8th centuries A. D. in societies outside of Byzantium can be traced by European monetary hoards and Chinese tombs with exact dates. Both examples give a wide span between the date of coin age and its archaeologisation, and also demonstrate that a foreign coin is never the youngest artefact in the complex.
Keywords: chronology, absolute dating, coin limit, Byzantine solids, archaeologisation
Information about author:
Oleksii Komar (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of historical sciences. Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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