But unlike historythe study of written records such as government archives, personal correspondence, and business documentsmost of the information gathered in archaeology comes from the study of objects lying on or under the ground Archaeologists refer to the vast store of information about the human past as the archaeological record.One message, presumably from husband Samy, read: 'To all of the Yelpers and Reddits: Bring it on. It cannot be applied to inorganic material such as stone tools or ceramic pottery.The technique is based on measuring the ratio of two isotopes of carbon.The history of the Shroud of Turin can be best studied by dividing it into two specific categories.The general consensus of even the most doubting researchers is to accept a "1350" date as the beginning of the "undisputed" or documented history of the Shroud of Turin.Radiocarbon dating—also known as carbon-14 dating—is a technique used by archaeologists and historians to determine the age of organic material.It can theoretically be used to date anything that was alive any time during the last 60,000 years or so, including charcoal from ancient fires, wood used in construction or tools, cloth, bones, seeds, and leather.

Archaeology is an important field of anthropology, which is the broad study of human culture and biology.

A completely detailed Shroud chronology can be found in the 1998 book titled "The Blood and the Shroud," by Ian Wilson, that includes the earlier, more speculative and "circumstantial" material as well.

(It is available directly from via the Books section of the Website Store page of this site).

In an effort to bring factual information to the viewers of this website, I am including here only the undisputed history as accepted by most scholars.

I am also limiting the scope of this history to only the more significant events.