04-07-2013, 05:59 PM
It would seem to me a system using both dating and external features could be used. A book like Christian Miks did on swords would be great. This has a typology (swords lumped together by characteristics) and a chonology (a table showing when a certain type of sword is present in the arceological record). It sounds like a nice project for a graduate student's final thesis for his promotion. So perhaps if we were to specify our needs, a university could pick it up?