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The Need for a Calibrated Radiocarbon Chronology of Near Eastern Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

H J Bruins  and
W G Mook
H J Bruins
Affiliation:
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84993, Israel
W G Mook
Affiliation:
Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands
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Progress in radiocarbon dating and calibration accuracy should lead to the development of a calibrated radiocarbon chronology of Near Eastern archaeology, particulary for historical times. The lack of such an independent and impartial chronology is a major constraint, not only in archaeological studies, but also for interdisciplinary research involving the history of man, landscape and climate in the Near East and adjacent regions.

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IV. Applications
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 31 , Issue 3: June 20-25, 1988 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia , 1989 , pp. 1019 - 1029
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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