Ancient texts and archaeology revisited – radiocarbon and Biblical dating in the southern Levant
Abstract
The Iron Age sequence in the southern Levant is one of the most evocative and provocative in ancient history, since it coincides with events remembered in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). The authors show how a scientific chronological framework can be created and contribute an independent voice to the historical debate. They also show that, if archaeology is to complement history, such a framework requires an especially rigorous application of precision, in context definition, data handling and Bayesian radiocarbon dating, and urge such application to forthcoming work at the key Biblical site of Megiddo.
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There is a need to establish a full absolute sequence in a single site.
“Thus, voices have been raised regarding the need to establish a full absolute sequence in a single site (Levy et al. 2010: 844).”
From Absolute Chronology of Megiddo, Israel, in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages: High-Resolution Radiocarbon Dating (2014) · cites this paper as Levy et al. 2010: 844
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Gilboa, A., & Sharon, I. (2003) · Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research · doi:10.2307/1357808 · Cited by 141 · cited 1× · see citing works
“While a number of papers concerning radiocarbon dating and the south Levantine Iron Age had appeared before this (Gilboa & Sharon 2001; Mazar 2001), the paper published in Science (Bruins et al. 2003a; Finkelstein & Piasetzky 2003) concerning excavations at Tel Rehov in northern Israel marked a…”
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Toffolo, M. B., Arie, E., Martin, M. A. S., Boaretto, E., & Finkelstein, I. (2014) · Radiocarbon · doi:10.2458/56.16899 · Cited by 141 · see citing works
- Authors
- Levy, T. E., Najjar, M., & Higham, T.
- Affiliations
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Venue
- Antiquity
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2010-09-01
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 325
- Pages
- 834-847
- ISSN
- 0003-598X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1744
- OpenAlex
- W2198107201
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Antiquity (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Keywords
- Iron Age chronology, Southern Levant, Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, radiocarbon dating, Megiddo, biblical archaeology, historical chronology, context definition
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