Problems of absolute chronology in protohistoric Mesopotamia

• Autores: Henry Wright
• Localización: Paléorient, ISSN 0153-9345, Vol. 6, Nº. 1, 1980, págs. 93-98
• Idioma: francés
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  • Sets of carbon-14 age determinations from well-stratified protohistoric contexts relevant to Mesopotamia are discussed. This consideration supports a relatively high chronology, but it is not yet possible to define the absolute chronological limite or duration of any single period or phase prior to the late Third Millennium B.C. More sets of stratified samples must be dated and chronometric techniques independent of the carbon 14 age chronology must be applied if we are to have an adequate temporal framework for the period of early state and urban development.