Overview

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 important periods of Egyptian history documenting the various rulers of Egypt's Old, Middle and New Kingdoms. Despite Egypt's historical significance, in the past the dating of events has been a contentious undertaking with Egyptologists relying on various chronologies made up from archaeological and historical records. The radiocarbon dates nail down a chronology that is broadly in line with previous estimates. However, they do rule out some chronologies that have been put forward particularly in the Old Kingdom, which is shown to be older than some scholars thought. The research has implications for the whole region because the Egyptian chronology anchors the timing of historical events in neighbouring areas tied to the reign of particular Egyptian kings. The results will allow for more historical comparisons to be made in countries like Libya and Sudan, which have conducted radiocarbon dating techniques on places of archaeological interest in the past.

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Author:   C. Bronk Ramsey ,  Andrew J. Shortland
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9781842175224

ISBN 10:   184217522
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   31 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface (1) A.J. Shortland and C. Bronk Ramsey I. Introduction Establishing Chronology in Pharaonic Egypt and the Ancient Near East: Interlocking Textual Sources Relating to c. 1600-664 BC (2) K. A. Kitchen An Introduction to Egyptian Historical Chronology (3.1) A.J. Shortland Using Radiocarbon Evidence in Egyptian Chronological Research (3.2) C. Bronk Ramsey II. Radiocarbon Dating Methodology Sample Selection for Radiocarbon Dating (3.3) F. Brock and M. W. Dee Preparing Samples for AMS Radiocarbon Dating F. Brock (3.4) Investigating the Accuracy of Radiocarbon Dating in Egypt: Checks With Samples of Known Age (3.5) M. W. Dee III: The New Kingdom A Radiocarbon-Based Chronology for the New Kingdom (4.1) M.W. Dee Antagonisms in Historical and Radiocarbon Chronology (4.2) M. Bietak Radiocarbon Data for Aegean Pottery in Egypt: New Evidence From Saqqara (Lepsius) Tomb 16 and Its Importance For Lm IB/LH IIA (4.3) F. Hoeflmayer, A. Hassler, W Kutschera and E. M. Wild Radiocarbon Calibration in the Mid to Later 14th Century BC and Radiocarbon Dating Tell El-Amarna, Egypt (4.4) S. W. Manning, B. Kromer, M. Dee, M. Friedrich, T. F. G. Higham and C. Bronk Ramsey The Ramesside Period: A Case Of Overstretch? (4.5) A. Dodson Garlands from the Deir el-Bahri Cache (4.6) S. McAleely New Radiocarbon Dates for the 21st Dynasty (4.7) J. H. Taylor IV. The Middle Kingdom A Radiocarbon-Based Chronology for the Middle Kingdom (5.1) M.W. Dee Correlating and Combining Egyptian Historical and Southern Levantine Radiocarbon Chronologies at Middle Bronze Age IIA Tel Ifshar, Israel (5.2) E. S. Marcus V. The Old Kingdom and Early Dynastic Period A Radiocarbon-Based Chronology for the Old Kingdom (6.1) M.W. Dee Radiocarbon Dates for the Old Kingdom and Their Correspondences (6.2) M. Barta Early Dynastic Egyptian Chronologies (6.3) E. C. Koehler Problems and Possibilities for Achieving Absolute Dates from Prehistoric and Early Historic Contexts (6.4) J. M. Rowland VI. Appendix (7.0) VII. Index

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