RADIOCARBON AND THE OLD WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY: SHAPING A CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

摘要

The inception of the radiocarbon dating method in 1949 was immediately supported by many archaeologists. In the following 2 decades, many important archaeological sites in the Old World were dated, marking the beginning of building a reliable chronological framework for prehistoric and early historic cultural complexes worldwide. The author presents an observation of some of the most important results in establishing a chronology for Old World archaeology, based on ~(14)C dating performed in the last 50 yr. An extensive bibliography should help scholars to get acquainted with early summaries on archaeological chronologies based on ~(14)C data and their evaluation, as well as with some recent examples of the application of ~(14)C dating in Old World archaeology.