New Radiocarbon Dates from the Balkans (Dubene-Sarovka)

Approach to the Early Bronze Absolute Chronology in Upper Thrace

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9242512
AutoresLolita Nikolova, Jochen Görsdorf
Ano2002
Volume44
Fascículo2
Páginas531-540
Data de publicação2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s003382220003188x
OpenAlexW1533672057
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas5

This paper addresses the absolute chronology of the earlier Yunatsite and Ezero cultures in Upper Thrace (South Bulgaria), from Early Bronze I and the beginning of Early Bronze II. The two newly obtained radiocarbon dates from Early Bronze Dubene-Sarovka (the Upper Stryama Valley) are published and discussed in a detailed stratigraphic and comparative Early Bronze I–Early Bronze II context. Date Bln-5233 (3490–3120 cal BC) is the first 14 C date from the Upper Maritsa valley from Early Bronze I with well-defined stratigraphic context and values earlier than 3100 BC. This date adds new arguments to the discussion of the 14 C dates from Yunatsite 15 and Plovdiv–Nebet Tepe, and addresses the question of the comparative chronology of Yunatsite I and Ezero I cultures from the late fourth millennium BC. The sample of the date Bln-5231 (2870–2620 cal BC) comes from a level on the border between Early Bronze I and Early Bronze II. On one hand, its values preceded the values of the earlier-obtained 14 C dates from IIB layer and confirmed the stratigraphic sequence at Dubene-Sarovka tell. On the other hand, the calibrated values seem to be later than the vast comparative chronology of the end of the Dubene IIA&Mdash;the beginning of Dubene IIB (ca. 3000 BC). Similar problems occur with dates from Yunatsite and Ezero. The published new dates from Dubene-Sarovka are part of the project on complex elaborating of the Early Bronze absolute chronology in the Balkans, and especially on contextual analysis of the 14 C dates

Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Chronology · Geography · Radiocarbon dating · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology