radiocarbon dating most writings on the dss say they are mostly dated between bce and ce i see the section on radiocarbon dating here mostly falls in that general line that is also used at the start of this article i see that one radiocarbon dating cited here says they fall between bce to ce with reliability not sure of the correct term used for this part of the dating does anyone know a lot about these dating methods i'm guessing since the bce to ce is the usual range always given the bce is an outlier as i've never heard any number going back beyond bce in anything i've read not sure how this relates to the number provided on that as well just wondered if anyone had any background info on that as it can be seen as contradictory with the usual bce ce dating given everywhere else