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Radiocarbon and the chronologies of ancient Egypt / edited by Andrew J. Shortland [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radiocarbon dating--Egypt.
- Radiocarbon dating.
- Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.
- Egypt.
- Egypt--History--To 332 B.C--Chronology.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (531 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oakvillle : Oxbow Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume presents the findings of a major international project on the application of radiocarbon dating to the Egyptian historical chronology. Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Cranfield in the UK, along with a team from France, Austria and Israel, radiocarbon dated more than 200 Egyptian objects made from plant material from museum collections from all over the world. The results comprise an accurate scientifically based chronology of the kings of ancient Egypt obtained by the radiocarbon analysis of short-lived plant remains. The research sheds light on one of the most impo
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: Establishing Chronology in Pharaonic Egypt and the Ancient Near East: Interlocking Textual Sources Relating to c. 1600-664 BC; Chapter 2: An Introduction to Egyptian Historical Chronology; Chapter 3: Using Radiocarbon Evidence in Egyptian Chronological Research; Part II: Radiocarbon Dating Methodology; Chapter 4: Sample Selection for Radiocarbon Dating; Chapter 5: Preparing Samples for AMS Radiocarbon Dating
- Chapter 6: Investigating the Accuracy of Radiocarbon Dating in Egypt: Checks With Samples of Known AgePart III: The New Kingdom; Chapter 7: A Radiocarbon-based Chronology for the New Kingdom; Chapter 8: Antagonisms in Historical and Radiocarbon Chronology; Chapter 9: Radiocarbon Data for Aegean Pottery in Egypt: New Evidence From Saqqara (Lepsius) Tomb 16 and Its Importance For LM IB/LH IIA; Chapter 10: Radiocarbon Calibration in the Mid to Later 14th Century BC and Radiocarbon Dating Tell El-Amarna, Egypt; Chapter 11: The Ramesside Period: A Case Of Overstretch?
- Chapter 12: Garlands from the Deir el-Bahri CacheChapter 13: New Radiocarbon Dates for the 21st Dynasty; Part IV: The Middle Kingdom; Chapter 14: A Radiocarbon-based Chronology for the Middle Kingdom; Chapter 15: Correlating and Combining Egyptian Historical and Southern Levantine Radiocarbon Chronologies at Middle Bronze Age IIa Tel Ifshar, Israel; Part V: The Old Kingdom and Early Dynastic Period; Chapter 16: A Radiocarbon-based Chronology for the Old Kingdom; Chapter 17: Radiocarbon Dates for the Old Kingdom and their Correspondences; Chapter 18: Early Dynastic Egyptian Chronologies
- Chapter 19: Problems and Possibilities for Achieving Absolute Dates from Prehistoric and Early Historical ContextsAppendix
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781782970590
- 1782970592
- 9781782970576
- 1782970576
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