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If the year now is 2000 CE, and an artifact is found that is 5, 000 years old, what year was that artifact created?
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7000 BCE
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3000 CE
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3000 BCE
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5000BCE
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -So, for a date of 5000 bp uncalibrated, which is calibrated to, say, 5640, it would be written as ‘5640 BP’, or ‘5640 cal BP’. This 5640 cal BP can also be written as ‘BC’: 3690 cal BC. This graph from the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU) shows how a radiocarbon measurement 3000+-30 BP is calibrated.
Detailed explanation-2: -Simply put, BCE (Before Common Era) is a secular version of BC (before Christ). CE (Common Era) is the secular equivalent of AD (anno Domini), which means “in the year of the Lord” in Latin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeologists often decide to annotate dates using B.C.E. (before common era) and C.E. (common era) rather than B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini).
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