Columned Halls, Bridge-Spouted Vessels, C14 Dates and the Chronology of the East Arabian Iron Age:  A Response to Some Recent Comments by O. Muscarella in <i>Ancient West & East</i>

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Title: Columned Halls, Bridge-Spouted Vessels, C14 Dates and the Chronology of the East Arabian Iron Age
Subtitle: A Response to Some Recent Comments by O. Muscarella in Ancient West & East
Author(s): MAGEE, Peter
Journal: Ancient West & East
Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Date: 2005
Pages: 160-169
DOI: 10.2143/AWE.4.1.3291788

Abstract :
In a recent paper in AWE, O. Muscarella presented an alternative chronology from that which is commonly accepted for Iron Age II sites in south-eastern Arabia. In this paper, I present a detailed analysis of ¹⁴C data and archaeological evidence that refutes Muscarella’s re-analysis. In particular, the primacy of ¹⁴C dating over stylistic/typological comparanda to poorly dated or incompletely published Iranian data is emphasised as the most appropriate means to structure Iron Age settlement in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman.

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