Radiocarbon Dating of the Transition from the Early to the Middle Bronze Age in Northeastern Syria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9246137 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rafał Koliński (0000-0002-6886-9031), Tomasz Goslar (0000-0002-1346-3122) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 953-970 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| 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/rdc.2019.49 |
| OpenAlex | W2951096519 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The paper presents radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates of samples collected from the Bronze Age cultural strata (VI–II) excavated within Sector P, Tell Arbid, Khabur Triangle, northern Mesopotamia. These strata contain objects (remains of a caravanserai, pits, graves, pottery kilns, and multi-phase houses) representing the periods of Early Jezirah 4-5, and Old Jezirah I-II. 14 C dating of these strata was especially important because of a clearly visible period of abandonment of the area at the onset of 2nd millennium BC, recorded on all Khabur Triangle sites studied so far, and because of the questionable reliability of the chronology derived from scarce historical sources. Of the 29 samples of cereal grains, 9 appeared to contain residual material, while Bayesian-analyzed 14 C ages of the remaining 20 allowed us to say that, at the turn of the 3rd millennium BC, Tell Arbid was abandoned later than other sites in the area, and that it was occupied over a distinctly longer period during the early 2nd millennium
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Chronology · Geography · Mesopotamia · Pottery · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Radiometric dating · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Geology · Paleontology
Sir Max Mallowan's excavations at Tell Arbid in 1936
Low-energy 14C AMS in Poznań Radiocarbon Laboratory, Poland
The Genesis and Collapse of Third Millennium North Mesopotamian Civilization
IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
Recent and Planned Developments of the Program OxCal
Bayesian Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |