TY - JOUR
T1 - Iron age chronology in Israel
T2 - Results from modeling with a trapezoidal Bayesian framework
AU - Lee, Sharen
AU - Ramsey, Christopher Bronk
AU - Mazar, Amihai
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Bayesian methods have been widely used to address the Iron Age chronological debate in Israel, which has implications for the entire eastern Mediterranean Iron Age chronology. However, a consensus has not been reached. This is largely because radiocarbon dates of materials in this period lie on an oscillation in the calibration curve. This study focuses on the modeling of 14C dates from the Iron I and Iron II periods, discusses the underlying assumptions and limitations of existing Bayesian chronologies, and proposes the use of a more appropriate model that allows for the phase transitions not being instantaneous. The new trapezoidal model sheds light on the probable duration of the transitions between the Iron Age phases.
AB - Bayesian methods have been widely used to address the Iron Age chronological debate in Israel, which has implications for the entire eastern Mediterranean Iron Age chronology. However, a consensus has not been reached. This is largely because radiocarbon dates of materials in this period lie on an oscillation in the calibration curve. This study focuses on the modeling of 14C dates from the Iron I and Iron II periods, discusses the underlying assumptions and limitations of existing Bayesian chronologies, and proposes the use of a more appropriate model that allows for the phase transitions not being instantaneous. The new trapezoidal model sheds light on the probable duration of the transitions between the Iron Age phases.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884390760&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16213
DO - 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16213
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AN - SCOPUS:84884390760
SN - 0033-8222
VL - 55
SP - 731
EP - 740
JO - Radiocarbon
JF - Radiocarbon
IS - 2-3
ER -