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14C AND THE IRON AGE CHRONOLOGY DEBATE: REHOV, KHIRBET EN-NAHAS, DAN, AND MEGIDDO
Abstract
A recently published volume, The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating: Archaeology, Text and Science (Levy and
Higham 2005), provides data related to the debate over the chronology of the Iron Age strata in the Levant (for a review, see
Carmi 2006). The present article comments on several chapters in the volume. The article highlights methodological problems,
such as insecure stratigraphic provenance of 14C samples, and demonstrates how unjustified selection of data can bias
the result. The article offers a new interpretation to some of the results and shows that the full set of measurements from Tel
Rehov supports the Low Chronology system.
Higham 2005), provides data related to the debate over the chronology of the Iron Age strata in the Levant (for a review, see
Carmi 2006). The present article comments on several chapters in the volume. The article highlights methodological problems,
such as insecure stratigraphic provenance of 14C samples, and demonstrates how unjustified selection of data can bias
the result. The article offers a new interpretation to some of the results and shows that the full set of measurements from Tel
Rehov supports the Low Chronology system.