TY - JOUR
T1 - The iron age chronology debate
T2 - Is the gap narrowing?
AU - Finkelstein, Israel
AU - Piasetzky, Eli
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Radiocarbon investigations in recent years show beyond doubt that the Iron IIA lasted until approximately 800 B.C.E. The early-to-late Iron IIA transition should be placed in the first half of the ninth century. For the beginning of the Iron IIA (the Iron I/II transition), the differences between the debating camps have now narrowed to a few decades-a gap that is beyond the resolution of radiocarbon results, even when a large number of determinations are deployed. Introducing historical considerations as well as observations related to the pace of change of pottery traditions, the Iron I/II transition could have taken a decade or two and should be put shortly after the midtenth century B.C.E.
AB - Radiocarbon investigations in recent years show beyond doubt that the Iron IIA lasted until approximately 800 B.C.E. The early-to-late Iron IIA transition should be placed in the first half of the ninth century. For the beginning of the Iron IIA (the Iron I/II transition), the differences between the debating camps have now narrowed to a few decades-a gap that is beyond the resolution of radiocarbon results, even when a large number of determinations are deployed. Introducing historical considerations as well as observations related to the pace of change of pottery traditions, the Iron I/II transition could have taken a decade or two and should be put shortly after the midtenth century B.C.E.
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U2 - 10.5615/neareastarch.74.1.0050
DO - 10.5615/neareastarch.74.1.0050
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AN - SCOPUS:84861303161
SN - 1094-2076
VL - 74
SP - 50
EP - 54
JO - Near Eastern Archaeology
JF - Near Eastern Archaeology
IS - 1
ER -