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Science 19 March 1976:
Vol. 191. no. 4232, pp. 1170 - 1172
DOI: 10.1126/science.191.4232.1170
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Historical Dates for Neolithic Sites of Southeast Europe

C. WESLEY FERGUSON 1, MARIJA GIMBUTAS 2, and HANS E. SUESS 3

1 Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
2 Institute for Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024
3 Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093

Direct comparison of the radiocarbon contents of charcoal samples with those of bristlecone pine wood samples dated by tree rings shows that a full-fledged Neolithic with pottery and all the domesticated animals, except the horse, was present in southeast Europe as early as the 65th century B.C. The chronologies for the stratigraphic sequences of the settlements of Achilleion and Anza, based on a total of 37 La Jolla radiocarbon measurements, cover almost 1000 years.

Submitted on November 17, 1975
Revised on January 5, 1976

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