Chronology of the ancient Near East: Difference between revisions

Dendrochronology attempts to use the variable growth pattern of trees, expressed in their rings, to build up a chronological timeline. At present there are no continuous chronologies for the Near East, and a floating chronology has been developed using trees in Anatolia for the Bronze and Iron Ages. Professor of archaeology at Cornell, Sturt Manning, has spearheaded efforts to use this floating chronology with radiocarbon wiggle-match to anchor the chronology.<ref>[https://www{{cite journal | doi=10.nature.com/articles1038/s41598-020-69287-2] Sturt| W. Manning et al., "title=Radiocarbon offsets and old world chronology as relevant to Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia and Thera (Santorini)", Nature| date=2020 | last1=Manning | first1=Sturt W. | last2=Wacker | first2=Lukas | last3=Büntgen | first3=Ulf | last4=Bronk Ramsey | first4=Christopher | last5=Dee | first5=Michael W. | last6=Kromer | first6=Bernd | last7=Lorentzen | first7=Brita | last8=Tegel | first8=Willy | journal=Scientific Reports, vol.| volume=10, 17| Augustissue=1 2020| page=13785 {{doi|10 pmid=32807792 | pmc=7431540 | bibcode=2020NatSR.1038/s41598-020-69287-2.1013785M }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Manning |first1=Sturt W. |last2=Griggs |first2=Carol B. |last3=Lorentzen |first3=Brita |last4=Barjamovic |first4=Gojko |last5=Ramsey |first5=Christopher Bronk |last6=Kromer |first6=Bernd |last7=Wild |first7=Eva Maria |date=2016-07-13 |title=Integrated Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon High-Resolution Timeframe to Resolve Earlier Second Millennium BCE Mesopotamian Chronology |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=11 |issue=7 |pages=e0157144 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0157144 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=4943651 |pmid=27409585|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1157144M |doi-access=free }}</ref> His research has recently been included in the Oxford History of the Ancient Near East and has been cited widely in the recent academic literature.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Höflmayer |first=Felix |title=The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume II |date=2022-08-18 |chapter=Establishing an Absolute Chronology of the Middle Bronze Age |pages=1–46 |chapter-url=https://academic.oup.com/book/43915/chapter/370990214 |language=en |doi=10.1093/oso/9780190687571.003.0011 |isbn=978-0190687571 |access-date=22 December 2022 |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901043627/https://academic.oup.com/book/43915/chapter/370990214 |url-status=live }}</ref> A new method has been developed to combine dendrochronology with [[Miyake event]]s to extend the range to other areas.<ref>Andrej Maczkowski et al, "Absolute dating of the European Neolithic using the 5259 BC rapid 14C excursion", Nature Communications, 2024 {{doi|10.1038/s41467-024-48402-1}}</ref>