Radiocarbon dating shows an early appearance of Philistine material culture in Tell es-Safi/Gath, Philistia

Radiocarbon

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 825-850

  Asscher, Yotam ^a   Cabanes, Dan ^b,e   Hitchcock, Louise A ^c   Maeir, Aren M ^d   Weiner, Steve ^a   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Biblical archaeology; Late Bronze Iron Age chronology; Philistines

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BRONZE AGE; CHRONOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; CULTURAL CHANGE; IRON AGE; MATERIAL CULTURE; OCCUPATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PALESTINE;

EID: 84944627412     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_rc.57.18391     Document Type: Article

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