Anatolian tree rings and a new chronology for the east Mediterranean Bronze-Iron Ages - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2001 Dec 21;294(5551):2532-5.

doi: 10.1126/science.1066112. Epub 2001 Dec 6.

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Anatolian tree rings and a new chronology for the east Mediterranean Bronze-Iron Ages

S W Manning et al. Science. 2001.

Abstract

We report an extensive program of high-precision radiocarbon dating to establish the best date for a floating 1599-year Anatolian tree ring chronology that spans the later third millennium B.C. through the earlier first millennium B.C. This chronology is directly associated with a number of key sites and ancient personages. A previously suggested dating is withdrawn and is replaced by a robust new date fix 22 (+4 or -7) years earlier. These new radiocarbon wiggle-matched dates offer a unique independent resource for establishing the precise chronology of the ancient Near East and Aegean and help resolve, among others, a long-standing debate in favor of the so-called Middle Mesopotamian chronology.

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• Archaeology. A new twist in the radiocarbon tale.
  Reimer PJ. Reimer PJ. Science. 2001 Dec 21;294(5551):2494-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1068023. Epub 2001 Dec 6. Science. 2001. PMID: 11743161 No abstract available.

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