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A Technical Perspective in Modern Tree-ring Research - How to Overcome Dendroecological and Wood Anatomical Challenges
Published on: March 5, 2015
Anatolian tree rings and a new chronology for the east Mediterranean Bronze-Iron Ages
S W Manning1, B Kromer, P I Kuniholm
1Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Post Office Box 218 Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AA, UK. S.W.Manning@reading.ac.uk
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 A previously suggested dating is withdrawn and is replaced by a robust new date fix 22 (+4 or -7) years earlier.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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