

The impact of radiocarbon dating on Old World archaeology; past achievements and future expectations.
Keywords
western Asia;pollen diagrams;Eastern Hemisphere;agriculture;Jordan;Stone Age;Paleolithic;upper Weichselian;Weichselian;Younger Dryas;calibration;human activity;Middle East;archaeology;paleoclimatology;Pleistocene;upper Pleistocene;Asia;Cenozoic;Quaternary;geochronology;C 14;carbon;dates;isotopes;radioactive isotopes;carbon dioxide;absolute age