C-14 DATING OF AN ISRAELITE BIBLICAL SITE AT KUNTILLET-AJRUD (HORVAT-TEMAN)

Authors
MESHEL Z CARMI I SEGAL D
Citation
Z. Meshel et al., C-14 DATING OF AN ISRAELITE BIBLICAL SITE AT KUNTILLET-AJRUD (HORVAT-TEMAN), Radiocarbon, 37(2), 1995, pp. 205-212
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics
Journal title
Radiocarbon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338222
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
205 - 212
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8222(1995)37:2<205:CDOAIB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The Israelite site of Kuntillet Ajrud in northern Sinai contains uniqu e 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 C-14 dat ings. The dates are in agreement, confirming that C-14 dating is usefu l in dating Iron-Age II sites.