What is “typology” (archaeology)?

Please give a simple explanation in regards to archaeology, history and dating methods? Thank you!
Please do the same thing for “cross-dating”?

Typology
The study and chronological arrangement of artifacts, such as ceramics or lithics, into different types based on associating similar characteristics. Typing makes a high volume of samples easier to study and compare.

Cross-dating
dating of a site by objects or features of known age, or artifact associations of known age.

Archaeomagnetic dating with Mark Noel and Trent & Peak Archaeology


An Introduction to Tree-Ring Dating


An Introduction to Tree-Ring Dating


$14.73


Tree-ring dating, or dendrochronology, is the study of the chronological sequence of annual growth rings in trees. This book–a seminal study in its field–provides a simple yet eloquent introduction to the discipline, explaining what a dendrochronologist does both in the field and in the laboratory. Authors Stokes and Smiley first explain the basic principles of tree-ring dating, then describ…

Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology


Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology


$13.93


A brief, inexpensive introduction to the techniques, methods, and theoretical frameworks of contemporary archaeology. Derived from the authors’ Archaeology: Discovering Our Past, this book follows the same organizing principle but in less detail….

Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology (Approaching the Ancient World)


Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology (Approaching the Ancient World)


$25.00


An introduction to the ways scholars date the archaeological remains of classical antiquity. Specific examples from architecture, sculpture and painting are presented and the different methods of dating them are explained….