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Radiocarbon Results from the Iron IIA Site of Atar Haroa in the Negev Highlands and their Archaeological and Historical Implications

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: In this article, we present a set of radiocarbon measurements from Atar Haroa, a site that belongs to the early Iron IIA Negev Highlands settlement system in southern Israel. The results place activity at the site in the 9th century BCE, with a possibility that it was founded in the 10th century BCE, probably in the second half. The Atar Haroa measurements seem to indicate that the early Iron IIA phase in the ceramic typology of Israel lasted until the mid-9th century BCE—somewhat later than previously suggested. These new data shed light on several issues related to the history of southern Israel in the late 10th and 9th centuries BCE.

Source: Radiocarbon

DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200044982

Authors: Elisabetta Boaretto, Israel Finkelstein, Ruth Shahack-Gross

Institutions: Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University, Weizmann Institute of Science

Language: English

Topic: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University

OpenAlex ID: W2222734212