Radiocarbon Dating of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia: Results, Limitations, and Prospects
@article{Wencel2016RadiocarbonDO, title={Radiocarbon Dating of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia: Results, Limitations, and Prospects}, author={Maciej Mateusz Wencel}, journal={Radiocarbon}, year={2016}, volume={59}, pages={635 - 645} }
Abstract This paper describes the results of Bayesian modeling of radiocarbon dates from Early Bronze Age contexts in Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq. The model uses 14C dates available in the literature, employing archaeological and textual information to correlate contexts from a number of important Mesopotamian sites. The insufficient number of dates makes it impossible to precisely define the chronology of the period in question; however, the analysis allows for observing…
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