Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.05.006 |
Dating archaeological sites in an arid environment: A multi-method case study in the Negev Highlands, Israel | |
Dunseth, Zachary C.1,4; Junge, Andrea2; Lomax, Johanna2; Boaretto, Elisabetta3; Finkelstein, Israel1; Fuchs, Markus2; Shahack-Gross, Ruth4 | |
通讯作者 | Dunseth, Zachary C. ; Finkelstein, Israel ; Shahack-Gross, Ruth |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
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ISSN | 0140-1963 |
EISSN | 1095-922X |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 144页码:156-169 |
英文摘要 | Archaeological surveys of the Negev Highlands show that the settlement history of this arid environment oscillated widely over time. This observation is almost entirely based on scant sherd assemblages from surveys, with only a few chronometric ages from one or two archaeological features at a given site. The reasons for the scarcity of chronometric ages include insufficient attention to radiocarbon dating in past research, low amounts of datable organic material for radiocarbon dating and issues related to low rate of site accumulation, and incomplete preservation of activity remains. In order to overcome these problems, we present here the results of a detailed chronometric radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating study exploring the development of Negev archaeological sites in the third millennium BCE. The study included micromorphological analyses to aid identification of sedimentological and post -depositional processes at the studied sites. At Nahal Boger 66, one of many small Negev third millennium BCE sites, seven radiocarbon ages were determined from archaeological contexts that suggest repeated discontinuous activity throughout the Early Bronze (EB) and early part of the Intermediate Bronze Age (IBA) (c. 3300-2350 BCE). At Ein Ziq -one of a few large sites in the region seven samples were dated; they show a very short period of activity in the beginning of the IBA (c. 2450-2200 BCE). OSL age determinations at this site provided evidence for the rapidity of site burial by sediment accumulation. Also, OSL ages from secure depositional contexts verified via micromorphology are in agreement with those obtained by radiocarbon dating. Taken together, the results provide new systematic evidence for the timing of EB IBA activity in the arid Negev Highlands. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Negev Highlands Early bronze age Intermediate bronze age Radiocarbon Optically stimulated luminescence Arid environments Micromorphology |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel ; Germany |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI ; AHCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000403999100015 |
WOS关键词 | SOUTHERN LEVANT ; EARLY BRONZE ; STRATIGRAPHIC INTEGRITY ; SETTLEMENT-PATTERNS ; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ; IRON AGES ; LUMINESCENCE ; CHRONOLOGY ; DESERT ; QUARTZ |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/200114 |
作者单位 | 1.Tel Aviv Univ, Inst Archaeol, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel; 2.Justus Liebig Univ Giessen, Dept Geog, D-35390 Giessen, Germany; 3.Weizmann Inst Sci, Kimmel Ctr Archaeol Sci, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel; 4.Univ Haifa, Dept Maritime Civilizat, Lab Sedimentary Archaeol, IL-3498838 Haifa, Israel |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dunseth, Zachary C.,Junge, Andrea,Lomax, Johanna,et al. Dating archaeological sites in an arid environment: A multi-method case study in the Negev Highlands, Israel[J],2017,144:156-169. |
APA | Dunseth, Zachary C..,Junge, Andrea.,Lomax, Johanna.,Boaretto, Elisabetta.,Finkelstein, Israel.,...&Shahack-Gross, Ruth.(2017).Dating archaeological sites in an arid environment: A multi-method case study in the Negev Highlands, Israel.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,144,156-169. |
MLA | Dunseth, Zachary C.,et al."Dating archaeological sites in an arid environment: A multi-method case study in the Negev Highlands, Israel".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 144(2017):156-169. |
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