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- Title
Dating Archaeological Cultures by Their Moats? A Case Study from the Early Bronze Age Settlement Fidvár near Vráble, SW Slovakia.
- Authors
Schlütz, Frank; Bittmann, Felix
- Abstract
This article uses age-depth models based on 29 accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates from charred plant macroremains (seeds, chaff), wood charcoal, and snail shells found in two moats from the settlement Fidvár near Vráble (SW Slovakia) to improve the absolute chronology of the Early Bronze Age in central Europe. The charred macroremains were taxonomically identified to species or genus level and the lifespan of the objects and the archaeological context were considered carefully. The selected snail shells were identified to provide reliable age information. This study demonstrates that under certain conditions, ditch archives can be well suited to contribute to archaeological chronologies. For the first time, the transition from the Hatvan to the Únětice period is dated absolutely.
- Subjects
BRONZE Age; ACCELERATOR mass spectrometry; MOATS; DITCHES; COPPER Age
- Publication
Radiocarbon, 2016, Vol 58, Issue 2, p331
- ISSN
0033-8222
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1017/RDC.2015.17