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Gimatzidis, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-5878-1669 and Weninger, Bernhard ORCID: 0000-0003-2390-6529 (2020). Radiocarbon dating the Greek Protogeometric and Geometric periods: The evidence of Sindos. PLoS One, 15 (5). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Mediterranean Early Iron Age chronology was mainly constructed by means of Greek Proto-geometric and Geometric ceramic wares, which are widely used for chronological correlations with the Aegean. However, Greek Early Iron Age chronology that is exclusively based on historical evidence in the eastern Mediterranean as well as in the contexts of Greek colonisation in Sicily has not yet been tested by extended series of radiocarbon dates from welldated stratified contexts in the Aegean. Due to the high chronological resolution that is only achievable by (metric-scale) stratigraphic C-14-age-depth modelling, the analysis of 21 C-14-AMS dates on stratified animal bones from Sindos (northern Greece) shows results that immediately challenge the conventional Greek chronology. Based on pottery-style comparisons with other sites, the new dates for Sindos not only indicate a generally higher Aegean Early Iron Age chronology, but also imply the need for a revised understanding of the Greek periodisation system that will foreseeably have a major impact on our understanding of Greek and Mediterranean history.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Gimatzidis, Stefanos UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5878-1669 UNSPECIFIED Weninger, Bernhard UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2390-6529 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-332784
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0232906
Journal or Publication Title:	PLoS One
Volume:	15
Number:	5
Date:	2020
Publisher:	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN:	1932-6203
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language AGE MEDITERRANEAN CHRONOLOGY; TEL-REHOV; IRON; DATES Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/33278