Radiocarbon-Dating the Late Bronze Age: Cultural and Historical Considerations on Megiddo and Beyond

Megiddo, with its tight stratigraphy and well-controlled ceramic typology, yielded more than half of the radiocarbon determinations for the time span of the Middle Bronze II to the Iron I in the southern Levant. Here we present two radiocarbon models for this entire sequence, focusing on the Late Br...

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Published in:Bulletin of ASOR
Authors: Martin, Mario A. S. 1974- (Author) ; Finḳelshṭayn, Yiśraʾel 1949- (Author) ; Piasetzky, Eliazer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2020
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Further subjects:B Megiddo
B Cyprus
B Aegean
B Middle Bronze–Late Bronze transition
B Egypt
B Beth-Shean
B Late Bronze Age
B Southern Levant
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Summary:Megiddo, with its tight stratigraphy and well-controlled ceramic typology, yielded more than half of the radiocarbon determinations for the time span of the Middle Bronze II to the Iron I in the southern Levant. Here we present two radiocarbon models for this entire sequence, focusing on the Late Bronze Age—1) for Megiddo; 2) for Megiddo and Beth-Shean—adding a third model for sites which provide results relevant to the Middle Bronze III/Late Bronze I transition. We then discuss the impact of the results on the material culture and history of Megiddo in particular and the southern Levant (and eastern Mediterranean) in general.
ISSN:2161-8062
Contains:Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/709576