Radiocarbon chronology of the EB I–II and II–III transitions at Tel Bet Yerah, and its implications for the nature of social change in the southern Levant
Abstract
A closely controlled radiocarbon sequence for the EB I–III, compiled over six seasons of excavations at Tel Bet Yerah, Israel, provides new information on the EB I–II and II–III transitions. These dates support the possibility of a decades-long overlap between some late EB I and early EB II sites and indicate a mid- to late 29th-century cal BC date for the introduction of Khirbet Kerak Ware in the southern Levant. South Levantine EB II is shown to co-extend neatly with the First Dynasty of Egypt.
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All samples for radiocarbon dating were collected in the field for chronology-building purposes, combined with microarchaeological analyses of sediments as part of context in situ verification.
“All the samples for radiocarbon dating were collected in the field for chronology-building purposes, combined with microarchaeological analyses of sediments as part of context in situ verification (15, 16, 22, 23, 66, 67).”
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Regev, J., De Miroschedji, P., Greenberg, R., Braun, E., Greenhut, Z., & Boaretto, E. (2012) · Radiocarbon · doi:10.1017/s003382220004724x · Cited by 209 · see citing works
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Regev, J., Gadot, Y., Uziel, J., Chalaf, O., Shalev, Y., Roth, H., Shalom, N., Szanton, N., Bocher, E., Pearson, C. L., et al. (2024) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2321024121 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
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- Authors
- Regev, J., Paz, S., Greenberg, R., & Boaretto, E.
- Affiliations
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Boaretto, Elisabetta
- Venue
- Levant
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-01-02
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 54-75
- ISSN
- 0075-8914 (ISSN-L)
- 1756-3801
- OpenAlex
- W3010701128
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Levant (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Keywords
- Early Bronze Age, First Dynasty of Egypt, social change, chronology, Southern Levant, ceramic chronology
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