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noun Archaeology.

a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.

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Origin of obsidian dating

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby obsidian dating

obsession, obsessive, obsessive-compulsive, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsidian, obsidian dating, obsidional coin, obsolesc., obsolesce, obsolescence, obsolescent