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Radiocarbon Dates from Iron Age Strata at Tel Beth Shean and Tel Rehov

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Amihai Mazar  and
Israel Carmi
Amihai Mazar
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel, 91904. Email: [email protected].
Israel Carmi
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 76100
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Abstract

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We discuss the significance of 32 radiocarbon dates from the archaeological sites of Tel Beth Shean and Tel Rehov in northern Israel. All dates are from Iron Age I and II archaeological contexts (12th–8th centuries BCE). Most of the dates were done on short-lived samples (seeds and olive pits), while some are on charred timber. The samples are organized in several homogeneous clusters according to their context. This series is one of the largest groups of 14C dates from the Iron Age in the Levant. The paper discusses the correlation between the 14C dates and the traditional archaeological dates of the same context. Results from two laboratories and two calibration curves are compared, showing some significant differences in one case. We conclude with an evaluation of the relevance of 14C dating for the current debate about the chronology of the Iron Age in Israel, and in historical periods in general.

Type
Near East Chronology: Archaeology and Environment
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 3 of 3) , 2001 , pp. 1333 - 1342
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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