Comparative Chronology and the Ancient Near East

A Case for Symbiosis

Bibliographic Data

ID15913504
AuthorsDavid Henige (corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume261
Pages57-68
Publication date1986-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/1357064
OpenAlexW2329732315
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

While the chronological problems in the study of the ancient Near East are as varied and intractable as ever, the work done on resolving (and discovering) these problems provides an excellent laboratory for studying similar problems elsewhere. At the same time some of the work done on chronological (and by inference genealogical) matters in other areas can elucidate patterns and parameters. Five of these are discussed in this paper: synchronisms; father/son succession; generational/regnal averages; simultaneity masked as sequentiality; and telescoping. While analyzing work on these issues cannot resolve decisively any particular issue in ancient Near East chronology, it does suggest alternative approaches and hypotheses

Archaeology · Biology · Chronology · Ecological succession · Genealogy · Inference · Simultaneity · Telescoping series · Work (physics · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Ecology · Engineering · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Mathematics

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