SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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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: -To find the specific age of an object, archaeologists use absolute dating. Absolute dating methods measure the physical properties of an object itself and use these measurements to calculate its age. One of the most useful absolute dating methods for archaeologists is called radiocarbon dating.
Detailed explanation-2: -Therefore a date like 3000 BP means 3000 before 1950 AD: in other words 1050 BC. As with AD and BC, the use of lower case ‘bp’ usually means the date is uncalibrated, and upper case means calibrated.
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