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Absolute dating of the European Neolithic using the 5259 BC rapid 14C excursion

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  • Andrej Maczkowski

    (University of Bern
    University of Bern)

  • Charlotte Pearson

    (University of Arizona)

  • John Francuz

    (University of Bern)

  • Tryfon Giagkoulis

    (University of Thessaloniki)

  • Sönke Szidat

    (University of Bern
    University of Bern)

  • Lukas Wacker

    (Laboratory for Ion Beam Physics)

  • Matthias Bolliger

    (University of Bern
    University of Bern
    Archaeological Service of Canton of Bern)

  • Kostas Kotsakis

    (University of Thessaloniki)

  • Albert Hafner

    (University of Bern
    University of Bern)

Abstract

Abrupt radiocarbon (14C) excursions, or Miyake events, in sequences of radiocarbon measurements from calendar-dated tree-rings provide opportunities to assign absolute calendar dates to undated wood samples from contexts across history and prehistory. Here, we report a tree-ring and 14C-dating study of the Neolithic site of Dispilio, Northern Greece, a waterlogged archaeological site on Lake Kastoria. Findings secure an absolute, calendar-dated time using the 5259 BC Miyake event, with the final ring of the 303-year-long juniper tree-ring chronology dating to 5140 BC. While other sites have been absolutely dated to a calendar year through 14C-signature Miyake events, Dispilio is the first European Neolithic site of these and it provides a fixed, calendar-year anchor point for regional chronologies of the Neolithic.

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  • Andrej Maczkowski & Charlotte Pearson & John Francuz & Tryfon Giagkoulis & Sönke Szidat & Lukas Wacker & Matthias Bolliger & Kostas Kotsakis & Albert Hafner, 2024. "Absolute dating of the European Neolithic using the 5259 BC rapid 14C excursion," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-48402-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48402-1
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