Radiocarbon Challenges Archaeo-Historical Time Frameworks in the Near East
The Early Bronze Age of Jericho in Relation to Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9246064 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hendrik J Bruins (0000-0002-8249-1258), Johannes Van Der Plicht (0000-0003-4298-7037) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1321-1332 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radiocarbon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s003382220003856x |
| OpenAlex | W1552394443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 23 |
Our stratified radiocarbon dates from EB Jericho (Trench III) on short-lived material are significantly older than conventional archaeo-historical time frameworks. The calibrated 14 C date of Stage XV Phase li-lii (Early to Middle EB-I Kenyon) is 100–450 years older. Stage XVI Phase lxi-lxii (Early EB-II Kenyon) is 200–500 years older. Stage XVI Phase lxii-lxiii (destructive end EB-II) is 200–300 years older. Stage XVII Phase lxviii a – lxix a (Early EB-III) is 100–300 years older than conventional archaeo-historical time estimates. As the beginning of the Chalcolithic in the Near East has “become” a 1000 years older, from about 4000 in the 1960s to about 5000 BC in current perception based on 14 C dating, it should not be surprising that the Early Bronze Age and related Egyptian Dynasties also yield 14 C dates that are older by a few hundred years than current archaeo-historical time frameworks. Egyptian chronology should not be regarded as ultimately fixed. Egyptologists in the first half of the 20th century gave much older dates for the earlier Dynasties. The new 14 C evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of an older Early Bronze Age and older dates for Dynasties 1–6
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Chalcolithic · Chronology · Radiocarbon dating · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History
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| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |