RT Article
T1 New Evidence for Middle Bronze Age Chronology and Synchronisms in the Levant: Radiocarbon Dates from Tell el-Burak, Tell el-Dab'a, and Tel Ifshar Compared
JF Bulletin of ASOR
IS 375
SP 53
OP 76
A1 Höflmayer, Felix
A2 Kamlah, Jens 1962-
A2 Riehl, Simone 1966-
A2 Sader, Hélène S. 1952-
A2 Dee, Michael W.
A2 Kutschera, Walter 1939-
A2 Wild, Eva Maria
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1577301366
AB We report a set of radiocarbon data for the Middle Bronze Age monumental building at Tell el- Burak in Lebanon, dating it to the 19th century b.c., and summarize the relevant archaeological information concerning the stratigraphy and dating of the building. The radiocarbon data from Tell el-Burak is consistent with the high Middle Bronze Age radiocarbon dates recently reported for Tell el-Dab'a in the eastern Nile Delta and with radiocarbon dates for Middle Bronze Age Tel Ifshar in the coastal plain of Israel. A comparison of these radiocarbon dates questions the current (low) Middle Bronze Age absolute chronology of the southern Levant, which is largely based on the stratigraphic sequence of Tell el-Dab'a. Due to open questions in the archaeological dating of Tell el-Dab'a, we argue against using a single site as a main reference for dating the Middle Bronze Age in the Levant and argue for adopting a comprehensive and independent approach based on archaeological, historical, and radiocarbon evidence from all relevant sites.
K1 Archaeological dating
K1 ARCHAEOLOGY methodology
K1 Middle Bronze Age chronology
K1 Radiocarbon dating
K1 RELATIVE dating (Stratigraphy)
K1 SEQUENCE stratigraphy
K1 Tel Ifshar
K1 Tell el-Burak
K1 Tell el-Dab'a
K1 Southern Levant
DO 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.375.0053