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14C Dating of an Israelite Biblical Site at Kuntillet Ajrud (Horvat Teman)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Zeev Meshel ,
Israel Carmi  and
Dror Segal
Zeev Meshel
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
Israel Carmi
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Dror Segal
Affiliation:
Israel Antiquities Authority, 91004 Jerusalem, Israel
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Abstract

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The Israelite site of Kuntillet Ajrud in northern Sinai contains unique drawings and inscriptions in ancient Hebrew and Phoenician. It is a single-phase site dated archaeologically to ca. 800 bce. We considered this site a good test case for comparing archaeological with 14C datings. The dates are in agreement, confirming that 14C dating is useful in dating Iron-Age II sites.

Type
II. 14C in Archaeology
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 205 - 212
Copyright
Copyright © the Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona 

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