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Analyses of Middle Helladic Skeletal Material from Aspis, Argos, 1. Radiocarbon Analysis of Human Remains

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents the results of the radiocarbon analysis of human bones (seven samples) from MH Aspis. The analyses have been carried out at the Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen, using the AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectroscop) method. The main aim of the analysis is to elucidate the periods of use of the site by comparing the absolute dates with the relative chronology which has been reconstructed on the basis of the complex stratigraphy and the ceramic sequence of the site. The Aspis results suggest that the end of the MH period, the ΜΗ III / LH I boundary, should be placed around 1700 BC. ?he radiocarbon analysis does not allow us to define the ΜΗ II / ΜΗ III boundary accurately because of the short duration of these sub-phases and the fairly broad range of the radiocarbon dates which is due to the shape of the calibration curve in this period.

Source: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique

DOI: 10.3406/bch.2006.7429

Authors: Sophia Voutsaki, Albert Nijboer, Anna Philippa-Touchais, Gilles Touchais, Sevi Triantaphyllou

Language: English

Topic: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2461368637

FWCI: 0.28

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