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Fiber basket, Bolivia, 6th-11th century AD
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Item dating is often very contextual. Not only does writing help considerably, but a lot of context was lost in the chaos of the Spanish colonization/looting of South America, unfortunately.
That being said, sometimes, there just isn't enough context, even for Old World items, to get anything more than a very broad dating down. I've seen some pieces with ranges of thousands of years, lmao.
I was thinking carbon dating would be available in this case.