Mediterranean Early Iron Age chronology: assessing radiocarbon dates from a stratified Geometric period deposit at Zagora (Andros), Greece

In this article, the authors present an analysis of radiocarbon dates from a stratified deposit at the Greek Geometric period settlement of Zagora on the island of Andros, which are among the few absolute dates measured from the period in Greece. The dates assigned to Greek Geometric ceramics are ba...

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Autores: Alagich, Rudolph, Becerra Valdivia, Lorena, Miller, Margaret C., Trantalidou, Katerina, Smith, Colin Ian
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/11299
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11299
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Mediterranean Europe
Greece
Early Iron Age
Geometric period
Radiocarbon
Chronology
Arqueología
Cronología histórica
Historia
Archaeology
Chronology, Historical
History
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Resumo:In this article, the authors present an analysis of radiocarbon dates from a stratified deposit at the Greek Geometric period settlement of Zagora on the island of Andros, which are among the few absolute dates measured from the period in Greece. The dates assigned to Greek Geometric ceramics are based on historical and literary evidence and are found to contradict absolute dates from the central Mediterranean which suggest that the traditional dates are too young. The results indicate the final period at Zagora, the Late Geometric, should be seen as starting at least a century earlier than the traditional date of 760 BC.