The Chronology of the Ghassulian Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant: New14C Determinations from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan
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This article reports on ten new accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates from the Chalcolithic period (fifth millennium BC) archaeological type-site of Teleilat Ghassul in Jordan. Early radiocarbon assays from the site proved difficult to integrate with current relative chronological formulations. The ten new AMS dates and follow-up enquiries connected with the early assays suggest that the original dates were up to 500 years too early. A necessary reformulation of regional relative chronologies now views the Ghassul sequence falling between Late Neolithic Jericho and the Beersheban Chalcolithic.
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- Authors
- Bourke, S., Lawson, E., Lovell, J., Hua, Q., Zoppi, U., & Barbetti, M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (AU)
- ORCID
- Hua, Quan
- Venue
- Radiocarbon
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2001
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1217-1222
- ISSN
- 0033-8222 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-5755
- OpenAlex
- W2464787130
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Radiocarbon (publishedVersion)
- UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Keywords
- Chalcolithic, radiocarbon chronology, accelerator mass spectrometry dating, relative chronology, Southern Levant, Jordan
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