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    14C Dates and the Iron Age Chronology of Israel: A Response

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    Mazar, Amihai
    Bronk Ramsey, Christopher
    Issue Date
    2008-01-01
    
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    Mazar, A., & Bronk Ramsey, C. (2008). 14C dates and the Iron Age chronology of Israel: A response. Radiocarbon, 50(2), 159-180.
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    Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
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    Radiocarbon
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/654096
    DOI
    10.1017/S0033822200033506
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    http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
    Abstract
    Boaretto et al. (2005) published 68 radiocarbon dates relating to 30 samples from 10 Iron Age sites in Israel as part of their Early Iron Age Dating Project. Though the main goal of their paper was an interlaboratory comparison, they also presented results of Bayesian models, calculating the transition from Iron Age I to Iron Age II in Israel to be about 900 BCE instead of the conventional date of about 1000 BCE. Since this date has great importance for all of Eastern Mediterranean archaeology, in this paper we examine the results in light of the dates published in the above-mentioned article. Our paper was revised in light of new data and interpretations published by Sharon et al. (2007). Following a survey of the contexts and specific results at each site, we present several Bayesian models. Model C2 suggests the date range of 961-942 BCE (68% probability) for the transition from Iron Age I to Iron Age II, while Model C3 indicates a somewhat later date of 948-919 BCE (compare the date 992-961 BCE calculated at Tel Rehov for the same transition). In our Model D, we calculated this transition date at Megiddo as taking place between 967-943 BCE. Finally, we calculated the range of dates of major destruction levels marking the end of the Iron Age I, with the following results: Megiddo VIA: 1010-943 BCE; Yoqne'am XVII: 1045-997 BCE; Tell Qasile X: 1039-979 BCE; Tel Hadar: 1043-979 BCE (all in the 68.2% probability range). Figure 4 indicates that the transition between Iron I and II probably occurred between these above-mentioned destruction events and the dates achieved in our Models C2 or C3, namely during the first half of the 10th century BCE. This study emphasizes the sensitivity of Bayesian models to outliers, and for reducing or adding dates from the models. This sensitivity should be taken into account when using Bayesian models for interpreting radiometric dates in relation to subtle chronological questions in historical periods.
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    0033-8222
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    10.1017/S0033822200033506
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