Section VI

Dating

Direct dating arrived a century after the excavations. It confirmed some attributions, overturned others, and made the case for keeping everything and labelling it well.

• 01Radiocarbon on the Spy remainsDirect dating of material excavated in 1886 has repeatedly revised what the site is understood to show, including which finds belong together.
• 02Revised attributionsMaterial dug in the nineteenth century has been reassigned more than once, which is an argument for keeping everything and labelling it well.