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An instance of dating status is the collective ascription of a relative dating to an event (such as the production or the use of an object or the despotional moment of an archaeological context) by its association to an established and named historical or archaeological period or event. The substance of the dating status is the communal recognition of the ascribed chronology as holding  true for the dated event and potential, relative object(s) it involves.

Instances of dating status are typically recorded in the archaeological / archival record.

Instances of dating status are most typically initiated by a formal process such as a scholarly dating attribution (ZE26 Dating Declaration). Instances of dating status may be terminated either through a formal process (official disproof), or be replaced by another dating declaration holding an updated belief and supported by further evidence.

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