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EARLY BRONZE AGE CHRONOLOGY OF MAINLAND GREECE: A REVIEW WITH NEW DATES FROM THE EXCAVATIONS AT KOUPHOVOUNO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

W. Cavanagh ,
C. Mee  and
J. Renard
W. Cavanagh*
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
C. Mee
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
J. Renard
Affiliation:
Université de Montpellier
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

A series of radiocarbon dates for Early Bronze Age contexts from the excavations at Kouphovouno are published for the first time. By adopting a Bayesian modelling approach, the 14C estimates allow greater precision in arriving at an absolute chronology for the period. The opportunity is taken to place these dates as part of the more general development of the Early Bronze period. The sequence for mainland Greece is compared with the recently revised dating of the Early Cycladic period. The new data support a lower chronology than that advocated in recent publications.

Μια αναθεώρηση των χρονολογήσεων της πρώιμης εποχής του Χαλκού στην ηπειρωτική Ελλάδα με βάση τις νέες χρονολογήσεις των ανασκαφών στο Κουφόβουνο

Δημοσιεύουμε εδώ για πρώτη φορά μια σειρά από χρονολογήσεις ραδιοάνθρακα για την πρώιμη εποχή του Χαλκού από τις ανασκαφές στο Κουφόβουνο. Υιοθετώντας μια προσέγγιση βασισμένη στο μοντέλο Bayes, η χρήση του 14C μας επιτρέπει μεγαλύτερη ακρίβεια στην προσέγγιση μιας απόλυτης χρονολόγησης για αυτή την περίοδο. Δράττουμε την ευκαιρία να τοποθετήσουμε αυτές τις χρονολογήσεις στο πλαίσιο των γενικότερων εξελίξεων κατά την περίοδο της πρώιμης εποχής του Χαλκού. Η ακολουθία που έχουμε για την ηπειρωτική Ελλάδα συγκρίνεται με τις πρόσφατα αναθεωρημένες χρονολογήσεις της πρώιμης Κυκλαδικής περιόδου. Τα νέα δεδομένα υποστηρίζουν μια χαμηλότερη χρονολόγηση σε σχέση με αυτές που έχουν προταθεί σε πρόσφατες δημοσιεύσεις.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 111 , November 2016 , pp. 35 - 49
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