Archaeomagnetism as a complementary dating technique to address the Iron Age chronology debate in the Levant
Abstract
Meaningful interpretation of past human culture and political geography requires an accurate chronology that can be correlated with our modern calendar. The timing of seminal events during the Levant Iron Age is hotly debated because conventional dating methods are limited by subjective interpretations and analytical ambiguities. Archaeomagnetism, the study of the Earth's ancient geomagnetic field recorded by heat-treated anthropogenic objects, can provide a complementary dating tool to build a stronger, more robust chronology for the Iron Age. Here we present a description of the field of archaeomagnetic dating, and a brief overview of the chronological issues and radiocarbon dating problems for the Iron Age Levant. We also present a new Near East Archaeomagnetic Curve (NEAC) model for the region along with preliminary data from Khirbet Summeily, Israel.
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In the archaeological research of the Levant, the growing body of archaeomagnetic data enables an increasingly reliable dating method.
“In the archaeological research of the Levant, the growing body of archaeomagnetic data [19–21] enables an increasingly reliable dating method [22–24].”
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- Authors
- Stillinger, M. D., Hardin, J. W., Feinberg, J. M., & Blakely, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Mississippi State University (US)
- University of Wisconsin System (US)
- Venue
- Near Eastern Archaeology
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 90-106
- ISSN
- 1094-2076 (ISSN-L)
- 2325-5404
- OpenAlex
- W2433744315
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Near Eastern Archaeology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
- Keywords
- archaeomagnetic dating, Iron Age chronology, Levant, geomagnetic field
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