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dc.contributor.author | Alberti, Gianmarco | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-30T07:50:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-30T07:50:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015-03-07 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Alberti, G. (2015). The aid of Bayesian radiocarbon modeling in assessing the chronology of Middle Bronze Age Sicily at the site level. A case study. Journal of Archaeological Science : Reports, 2, 246-256. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/29640 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This work explores the issue of the absolute chronology of Sicilian Middle Bronze Age (MBA) at the site level. While the overall absolute chronological framework of the period has been worked out through the years via historical means (namely, presence of datable ceramic imports from Late Helladic Greece), the chronology of individual sites has not been explored. In a Bayesian radiocarbon framework, this work aims at addressing the issue of the start, end, duration, and position within the overall MBA time-frame of a case study settlement (Portella, in north-eastern Sicily). Five models for the site chronology are built and compared, and the broader archaeological and cultural implications are discussed. The analysis indicates that the site is likely to represent an early stage of the development of the overall MBA and, notably, that its end is not likely to have been linked to the historical event that marks the end of MBA elsewhere in the same area. The analysis calls for a need of future site-by-site evaluations of the chronology of MBA at the site level. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bronze age -- Sicily | en_GB |
dc.subject | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Sicily | en_GB |
dc.subject | Radiocarbon dating -- Sicily | en_GB |
dc.subject | Radiocarbon dating | en_GB |
dc.subject | Archaeological site location -- Sicily | en_GB |
dc.title | The aid of Bayesian radiocarbon modeling in assessing the chronology of Middle Bronze Age Sicily at the site level. A case study | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.02.009 | - |
dc.publication.title | Journal of Archaeological Science : Reports | en_GB |
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