Yes, the dating and location is all they have.
I quoted this in the other thread but it's important:
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The building can be reasonably dated by the pottery found above and below it. Ms. Mazar found on the bedrock a large floor of crushed limestone, indicating a large public space. The floor and fill above it contain pottery from Iron Age I of the 12th to 11th centuries B.C., just before David conquered Jerusalem.
Above that, Ms. Mazar found the foundations for this monumental building, with large boulders for walls that are about 2 yards thick and extend at least 30 yards. In one corner was pottery of Iron Age II, the 10th to 9th centuries, roughly the time of the united kingdom.
Unfortunately, Mr. Mazar said, she found no floor. It is clear the building was constructed after the pottery underneath it, but less clear exactly how much later.
So all we can say was that it was built no earlier than the 12th century and not later than the 9th.
The other finds at the site should also be viewed with caution. There have been many forgeries - the fallout from the James Ossuary and the Jehoash tablet uncovered many forgeries - including the ivory pomegranate, which has held to be the one remaining relic of the first Temple.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/...es/Cathey_Recent_Forgeries.htm
http://www.bibleinterp.com/...ollston_Epigraphic_Forgery.htm
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