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14C Dates from Tel Rehov: Iron-Age Chronology, Pharaohs, and Hebrew Kings
Hendrik J. Bruins,1*Johannes van der Plicht,2Amihai Mazar3
Stratified radiocarbon dates provide an independent
chronological link between archaeological layers and historical data.The invasion by Pharaoh Shoshenq I (Shishak) is a key historicalsynchronism, ~925 B.C.E., mentioned in both Egyptian
inscriptionsand the Hebrew Bible. The list of places raided by
Shoshenq, mentionedat Karnak (Egypt), includes Rehov (Israel). The
site yielded aconsistent series of radiocarbon dates from the 12th to
9th centuryB.C.E. Our results (i) suggest a revised Iron-Age
chronology;(ii) date an archaeological stratum to Shoshenq's
campaign; (iii)indicate the similarity of "Solomonic" and
"Omride" pottery; and(iv) provide correlation with Greece and
Cyprus.
1 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Jacob
Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Department Man in the Desert,
Sede Boker Campus, 84990, Israel.
2 University of
Groningen, Centre for Isotope Research, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG
Groningen, Netherlands.
3 The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Institute of Archaeology, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
*
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
hjbruins{at}bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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