Abstract
The rich remains from the Early Bronze II at Tel Arad have been interpreted as representing several centuries of activity. According to conventional wisdom, after the destruction of Stratum III by fire, Stratum II endured for about 150 years. However, high precision dates obtained for Stratum II as well as a subsequent destruction event suggest that rapid reconstruction took place in the span of one or two decades. The results point to a short duration of the EB II occupation in Arad and these are in agreement with the south Levantine radiocarbon chronology for the Early Bronze Age. They suggest that the end of the EB II occupation was synchronous with the 1st Egyptian Dynasty ruler Qaʿa.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 165-177 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Tel Aviv |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 Jul 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017, © The Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University 2017.
Funding
We wish to thank Michael Sebbane for his help in choosing the sample contexts as well as providing the charred seeds used for dating in this study. Sebbane has chosen not to co-author this article. His contribution to the paper is much appreciated. This research was funded by Exilarch Foundation for the Dangoor Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometer and the Max Planck-Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, ‘Timing of Cultural Changes’.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Exilarch Foundation for the Dangoor Research Accelerator Mass Spectrometer | |
| Max Planck-Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology |
Keywords
- Arad
- Early Bronze II
- Early Bronze chronology
- Radiocarbon