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Absolute age range of the Late Cypriot IIC Period on Cyprus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sturt W. Manning ,
Bernhard Weninger ,
Alison K. South ,
Barbara Kling ,
Peter Ian Kuniholm ,
James D. Muhly ,
Soophocles Hadjisavvas ,
David A. Sewell  and
Gerald Cadogan
Sturt W. Manning
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, PO Box 218 Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AA, England.
Bernhard Weninger
Affiliation:
Institut der Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Radiocarbonlabor Weyertal 125, Köln 5000 Germany.
Alison K. South
Affiliation:
Vasilikos Valley Project, 7733 Kalavasos, Larnaca, Cyprus.
Barbara Kling
Affiliation:
176 Lost Nation Road, Essex junction VT 05452, USA.
Peter Ian Kuniholm
Affiliation:
The Malcolm & Carolyn Wiener Laboratory for Aegean & Near Eastern Dendrochronology, Department of the History of Art & Archaeology, G-35 Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853-3201, USA.
James D. Muhly
Affiliation:
American School of Classical Studies, Odos Souedias 54, 10676 Athens, Greece
Soophocles Hadjisavvas
Affiliation:
Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Communications & Works, PO Box 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus.
David A. Sewell
Affiliation:
Environmental Systems Science Centre, University of Reading, PO Box 238 Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AL, England.
Gerald Cadogan
Affiliation:
Cadogan, Culworth, Banbury OX17 2AT, England
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Extract

Extensive radiocarbon data are examined, including results from short-lived samples contemporary with use-contexts. An absolute date range for the main Late Cypriot IIC period on Cyprus, from c. 1340–1315 BC to c. 1200 BC, is proposed.

Keywords

radiocarbon determinationsCyprusLate Cypriotchronology
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 288 , June 2001 , pp. 328 - 340
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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