Jericho and its Setting in Near Eastern History

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ID3348301
AuthorsRobert J Braidwood (Czech Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute, corresponding author)
Year1957
Volume31
Issue122
Pages73-81
Publication date1957-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00022146
OpenAlexW2483296281
LanguageEN
Citations received17

The recent general accounts of Miss Kathleen Kenyon's brilliant series of campaigns at Tell es-Sultan, the mound in Jordan generally conceded to be that of ancient Jericho, will be well known to readers of Antiquity (cf. especially Wheeler, no. 119, 132-6; Kenyon, no. 120, 184-95). Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Miss Kenyon interpret the prehistoric archaeological assemblages of the two basal phases of Tell es-Sultan as evidence of civization (Miss Kenyon's italics), and the surprisingly early radiocarbon dates for the upper portion of the second basal phase of the site are accepted at face value. Miss Kenyon, in fact, believes (Ill. London News, no. 6,123 [13 October, 19561, 612) that Tell es-Sultan was already a 'town' at a date 'which must approach the 8th millennium' B.C

Ancient history · Archaeology · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History

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