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. (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Regev, Johanna; Paz, Sarit; Greenberg, Raphael; Boaretto, Elisabetta
• Is Part Of: Levant. Volume 51:Number 1(2019)
• Page Start: 54
• Page End: 75
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Southern Levant -- Early Bronze Age -- radiocarbon sequence -- urbanization -- Khirbet Kerak Ware; Middle East -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Middle East -- History -- Periodicals; Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 -- Periodicals; 939.4
• DOI: 10.1080/00758914.2020.1727238
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0075-8914

Abstract

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.