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LoginIf you walk on any excavation you will often see when describing the remains of a building what period it dates from. An average visitor might wonder how you determine that date. For modern history, there are usually written sources that tell when something was built, by whom and when alterations or extensions took place. Even for classical Roman buildings, especially official government buildings such as temples, theatres, curia etc, we often have written sources, not to mention memorial stones and inscriptions. How different it is for ordinary houses, shops and catering establishments. Here, we usually rely on architectural styles and the building materials used. The same goes for changes to a building, a bricked-up entrance as we see in Ostia in the Casa di Diana, where at a later stage on the ground floor, entrances were bricked up and new doorways appeared to create external retail spaces. Or at the Termes of Mithras where, underneath the building, one of the service rooms was converted into a meeting place for the followers of the god Mithras.
As part of our work on a historic barn, we had to determine the date of construction. Dating timber framed buildings can be difficult, since timber can be recycled from earlier structures, and it is not uncommon for a building to be altered over time. Additionally, conservationists may find themselves in situations where there is little to no documentation, especially with vernacular buildings.
Broadly speaking there are three methods of dating. This page last edited 15 October Standard format Easy read format Side menu. Dating historic buildings Broadly speaking there are three methods of dating.
A building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy. In order to qualify for this list, a structure must:. Dates for many of the oldest structures have been arrived at by radiocarbon dating and should be considered approximate.
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