W Manning

Biographic Data

ID77022
NAMEW Manning
GIVEN NAMESW
FAMILY NAMEManning
SIGNATUREMANNING W
AFFILIATIONSCornell University
ORCID0000-0002-6917-0927
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS92
TOTAL CITATIONS5532
AUTHOR COUNT92
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX14

  • Timing the Sacred

    Open AccessDominika Sieczkowska-Jacyna, Gabriela Recagno Browning et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2026

    Absolute radiocarbon dating offers high precision, but its application to historical contexts, such as the Inca civilization, requires a rigorous methodological approach. This research examines methods to enhance chronological accuracy through a case study of artifacts from the Llullaillaco Capacocha sacrifice. Focusing on short‐lived organic remains, it combines radiocarbon and stable isotope analyses (carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen) to produce ac…

  • Dating burial histories

    Open AccessAnnapaola Passerini, W Manning et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2026References: 19

    Burial mounds, or kurgans , are a widespread archaeological feature in ancient Eurasia. In the South Caucasus, the Kura-Araxes (KA) culture adopted these funerary structures to express horizontal social ideology through collective inhumations. KA communities also constantly re-engaged with the dead through the regular reopening of burials, contributing to a rich organic archive that relates to episodes of funerary manipulation. This article repor…

  • Origins, endings and temporal pluralities

    Open AccessAnnapaola Passerini, W Manning et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2026References: 25

    The Kura-Araxes culture spread over a large area of South-west Asia, participating in the transformational dynamics of Early Bronze Age societies in the region. Yet, the absence of a robust chronological framework for this cultural horizon hinders its integration into wider regional and interregional models. Drawing on a substantial new radiocarbon dataset, collating novel Bayesian chronological models for eight sites and existing data from the w…

  • Climate and the Ancient World

    Open AccessW ManningARTICLEHeritage2025References: 27

    Current modern attention and concern about (human-driven) climate change has prompted much focus on the historical/archaeological relevance and role of (natural) climate change in the past. The topic is both relevant and important—and especially those short(er)-term events that perhaps helped trigger historically substantive change episodes. But, at the same time, initial, somewhat naïve enthusiasm has now run headlong into the limitations of the…

  • Radiocarbon evidence over the apparent grand solar minimum around 400 BCE

    Open AccessMichael W Dee, Andrea Scifo et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2025

    Grand solar minima are periods spanning from decades to more than a century during which solar activity is unusually low. A cluster of such minima occurred during the last millennium, as evidenced by reductions in the numbers of sunspots observed and coeval increases in cosmogenic isotope production. Prior to the period of instrumental records, natural archives of such isotopes are the only resources available for detecting grand solar minima. He…

  • Overlooking environmental context causes misidentification of ancient Mediterranean plant oil in organic residues

    Open AccessRebecca F Gerdes, Hanna Wiandt et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025References: 2

  • Thera, the Aegean, Egypt, the Hyksos and Anatolia

    W Manning, Sturt W ManningARTICLEJOURNAL OF GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY2024

    The Minoan eruption of the Thera volcano has come to offer a pivotal event in the synchronisation of Aegean and East Mediterranean civilizations. In relative (ceramic) terms the eruption occurred late in or around the end of the Late Minoan (LM) IA period. The date was traditionally placed around 1500 BCE, not from any specific evidence, but because some subsequent (late) LMIB objects were found in Egypt in contexts associated with Tuthmosis III,…

  • Progress Towards a Byzantine-Medieval Historic Buildings Tree-Ring Chronology From Cyprus Using Dendrochronology and Radiocarbon

    Open AccessW Manning, Brita Lorentzen et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2024References: 36

    The rich architectural heritage of Cyprus from the period of Byzantine and Latin rule includes 10 churches inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list. Most of these monuments preserve wooden elements: whether structural, decorative or furnishings. Many preserve wall paintings that are considered among the best examples of Byzantine and Medieval art in the Eastern Mediterranean. The dating of these paintings as well as the church buildings themse…

  • Evaluating the Timing of Early Village Development in New York

    Open AccessJasmine Birch, W Manning et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2024References: 25

    Five sites in present-day New York have played important roles in archaeological narratives surrounding the development of settled village life in northeastern North America. Excavated in the mid-twentieth century, the Roundtop, Maxon-Derby, Sackett or Canandaigua, Bates, and Kelso sites include evidence related to the transition from semisedentary settlement-subsistence patterns during the twelfth through fourteenth centuries AD to those associa…

  • Problems of Dating Spread on Radiocarbon Calibration Curve Plateaus

    Open AccessW ManningARTICLERadiocarbon2024Cited by: 1

    Determining calendar ages for radiocarbon dates, or ordered sequences of radiocarbon dates, that intersect with a plateau on the radiocarbon calibration curve can be problematic since, without additional prior constraints, the calendar age ranges determined will tend to spread across the plateau, yielding wide and less than useful calendar age probability densities and age ranges. Where possible, modeling analysis should seek to identify informat…

  • Development of the Intcal Database

    Open AccessChristopher B Ramsey, Florian Adolphi et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2024Cited by: 1References: 17

    The IntCal family of radiocarbon ( 14 C) calibration curves is based on research spanning more than three decades. The IntCal group have collated the 14 C and calendar age data (mostly derived from primary publications with other types of data and meta-data) and, since 2010, made them available for other sorts of analysis through an open-access database. This has ensured transparency in terms of the data used in the construction of the ratified c…

  • Updating the Classic New York Lamoka Lake and Scaccia Sites

    Open AccessJ P Hart, Jasmine Birch et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2023References: 47

    The Lamoka Lake and Scaccia sites in present-day New York have played important roles in the development of archaeology in New York, and in the case of Lamoka Lake, in eastern North America. Lamoka Lake is the type site for the “Archaic” period in eastern North American culture history and the “Late Archaic” “Lamoka phase” in New York culture history. The Scaccia site is the largest “Early Woodland” “Meadowood phase” site in New York and has the …

  • New evidence for Middle Bronze Age chronology from the Syro-Anatolian frontier

    Open AccessVirginia R Herrmann, W Manning et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2023Cited by: 3References: 22

    Dates differ by up to 150 years in the protracted debate around the chronology of the Middle Bronze Age Near East. Here, the authors present radiocarbon and ceramic evidence from destroyed buildings at Zincirli, Türkiye, that support the Middle Chronology. Ceramics from late Middle Bronze Age sites in Syria and Anatolia, and Bayesian modelling of 18 well-stratified radiocarbon samples from site destruction contexts attributable to Hittite king Ḫa…

  • Building on the past

    Nicholas W S Hogg, Yilin Chen et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2022Cited by: 1References: 2

    This paper reviews our current knowledge of Lapita stilt structures in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, and contributes new data from the analysis of a wooden post belonging to a Lapita-era stilt structure identified in the site of Adwe in the Arawe Islands. Via taxonomic analysis, the wooden post is identified as Intsia bijuga (Moluccan ironwood or Pacific teak), a saltwater-resistant species that would have proven to be a highly dura…

  • Re‐survey of the Anchorage at Maroni Tsaroukkas , Cyprus

    Open AccessCarrie E Atkins, W Manning et al.ARTICLEOxford Journal of Archaeology2022References: 41

    Directly offshore from the Late Cypriot (LC) site of Maroni Tsaroukkas on the south‐central coast of Cyprus lie the remains of an anchorage with stone anchors, LC ceramics, and stone blocks. Initially surveyed in 1995–96, the anchorage was re‐surveyed from 2017–19 to investigate and document fully the underwater site and to develop accurate underwater survey recording methodologies for defining this coastscape interaction zone. The site was surve…

  • A Centennial Ambiguity

    Open AccessW Manning, Jasmine BirchARTICLERadiocarbon2022Cited by: 13References: 35

    Considered in isolation, the radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates on short-lived plant remains from the Jean-Baptiste Lainé (formerly Mantle) site, Ontario, yield an ambiguous result: more or less similar probability around AD 1500 or alternatively around AD 1600. This village site, likely of no more than ca. 20–30 years total duration, illustrates the challenges of high-resolution dating across periods with a reversal/plateau in the 14 C calibration curve.…

  • A Synchronized Early Middle Bronze Age Chronology for Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia

    Felix Höflmayer, W Manning et al.ARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies2022Cited by: 3References: 29

  • Dating Mediterranean shipwrecks

    Open AccessW Manning, Sturt W Manning et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2022Cited by: 2References: 18

    Studies of ancient Mediterranean trade and economy have made increasing use of sophisticated modelling and network analyses of shipwreck evidence. The dating of most of these wrecks, however, is based solely on assessments of associated ceramic material, especially transport amphorae. The resulting dates are approximate at best, and, as the example of the recently investigated Mazotos ship highlights, sometimes incorrect. Here, the authors descri…

  • Radiocarbon and Artifactual Evidence for Early 17th Century A.D. Dutch Activity at the Site of Fort Orange, Albany, New York, USA

    W Manning, Paul R Huey et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2021Cited by: 2References: 16

    Dutch exploitation of the upper Hudson River Valley initiated with Henry Hudson’s voyage in 1609 a.d. This began a period of resource exploitation by the Dutch that lasted until 1664 when the English took what had become known as New Netherland from the Dutch. The Dutch formed trade relations with Native Americans in the upper Hudson Valley and beyond that focused primarily on beaver and other animal pelts. No Dutch archaeological sites dating to…

  • When Did the Incas Build Machu Picchu and Its Satellite Sites? New Approches Based on Radiocarbon Dating

    Open AccessM Ziolkowski, Jose Bastante Abuhadba et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2021Cited by: 5References: 15

    According to the classical chronology of the Inca State, the ascension to power of Pachacuti Inca took place around AD 1438 and the construction of Machu Picchu began by AD 1450–1460. However, the improvement in the accuracy of radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating resulting from the application of Bayesian analysis has changed our view of the historical chronology. This new research raises questions about our understanding of the cultural development of th…

  • Refined Radiocarbon Chronologies for Northern Iroquoian Site Sequences

    Open AccessJasmine Birch, W Manning et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity2021Cited by: 16References: 39

    This article presents results to date of the Dating Iroquoia project. Our objective is to develop high-precision radiocarbon chronologies for northeastern North American archaeology. Here, we employ Bayesian chronological modeling of 184 AMS radiocarbon dates derived from 42 Northern Iroquoian village sites in five regional sequences in order to construct new date estimates. The resulting revised chronology demands a rethinking of key assumptions…

  • Reconstructing an ancient mining landscape

    Open AccessVasiliki Kassianidou, Athos Agapiou et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2021Cited by: 1References: 7

    Extensively worked in antiquity, Skouriotissa remains the only active copper mine on the island of Cyprus. The modern, open-cast operation, however, has almost completely obliterated the earlier mining landscape. Here the authors report the results of investigations, including dating, of the ancient topography of the mine. They incorporate spatial data derived from archival sources, recent fieldwork and absolute dating into a geographical informa…

  • An Anatolian-Style Lead Figurine from the Assyrian Colony Period Found in the Middle Bronze Age Palace of Tel Kabri

    Assaf Yasur-Landau, Eric H Cline et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2020

    Excavations during the summer of 2017 in the earlier phases of the courtyard of the palace at Tel Kabri turned up pieces of figurines as well as horn cores within a context of Phase 4 or 5 (late 19th to early 18th centuries b.c.e.). One figurine, portraying two deities, belongs to a type of Anatolian lead figurine known from the Assyrian Colony period. Initial results from Lead Isotope Analysis (LIA) suggest that an Anatolian provenance is indeed…

  • Shipbuilding and maritime activity on the eve of mechanization

    Open AccessBrita Lorentzen, W Manning et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020References: 22

  • Redating the formation of Lake Bafa, western Turkey

    Open AccessSena Akçer Ön, Alan M Greaves et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2020Cited by: 1References: 18

    The ancient Gulf of Latmos is an iconic example of a dynamic landscape and humankind's historical relationship with it. Using extensive new primary data and original models for calibrating radiocarbon dates in transitional lagoon environments, we demonstrate that Lake Bafa (or Bafa Gölü, in Turkish) formed at a much earlier date than previously thought. In questioning the logical process by which previous dates were achieved, we re‐examine the re…