An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c10.s1.2

v1.c10.s1.2

While numismatic [5.4] and epigraphic [5.5] evidence and other datable antiquities recovered in stratified levels from excavations have been used in the dating of historical sites, for cultures of the late prehistoric period the presence of ‘type-fossils’ in other geographical areas have been used in establishing their relative chronology.