Chronology and Terminology Bibliography

[Updated November 2007]

* Absolute Chronology of the Palaeolithic Era in the Aegean

* Absolute Chronology of the Early and Middle Bronze Age in the Aegean

* Absolute Chronology of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean

Absolute Chronology of the Palaeolithic Era in the Aegean

C. B. Ramsey, C. E. Buck, S. Manning, P. Reimer, and H. van der Plicht, “Developments in Radiocarbon Calibration for Archaeology,” Antiquity 80(2006) 783-798.

T. H. van Andel, “Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Environments and the Calibration of C-14 Dates beyond 10,000 B.P.,” Antiquity 72(1998) 26-33.

Y. Facorellis and Y. Maniatis, “The Potential and Accuracy of Radiocarbon Dating in the Palaeolithic Period,” in G. N. Bailey, E. Adam, E. Panagopoulou, C. Perlès, and K. Zachos (eds.), The Palaeolithic Archaeology of Greece and Adjacent Areas [BSA Studies 3] (London 1999) 221-231.

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Absolute Chronology of the Early and Middle Bronze Age in the Aegean

G. Cadogan, "Early and Middle Minoan Chronology," AJA 87(1983) 507-518.

J. Coleman, "Greece and the Aegean from the Mesolithic to the End of the Early Bronze Age," in R. W. Ehrich (ed.), Chronologies in Old World Archaeology [3rd edition] (Chicago 1992) 1:247-279, 2:203-221.

M. Korfmann and B. Kromer, "Demircihüyük, Besik-Tepe, Troia - Eine Zwischenbilanzzur Chronologie dreier Orte in Westanatolien," Studia Troica 3(1993) 135-171.

P. I. Kuniholm, "The Prehistoric Aegean: Dendrochronological Progress as of 1995," Acta Archaeologica 67(1996) 327-335.

P. I. Kuniholm, B. Kromer, S. W. Manning, M. Newton, C. E. Latini, and M. J. Bruce, "Anatolian Tree Rings and the Absolute Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean, 2220 - 718 B.C.," Nature 381(June 1996) 780-783.

S. W. Manning, The Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Early Bronze Age: Archaeology, History and Radiocarbon (Sheffield 1995).

S. W. Manning, "Troy, Radiocarbon, and the Chronology of the Northeast Aegean in the Early Bronze Age," in C. G. Doumas and V. La Rosa (eds.), E Poliochne kai e Proïme Epoche tou Chalkou sto Boreio Aigaio (Athens 1997) 498-521.

J. Maran, review of P. Warren and V. Hankey, Aegean Bronze Age Chronology (Bristol 1989) in Acta Praehistorica et Archaeologica 22(1990) 179- .

P. Warren. "The Aegean and the Limits of Readiocarbon Dating," in K. Randsborg (ed.), Absolute Chronology: Archaeological Europe 2500-500 B.C. (Copenhagen 1996) 283-290.

P. Warren and V. Hankey, Aegean Bronze Age Chronology (Bristol 1989).

M. H. Wiener, “Time Out: The Current Impasse in Bronze Age Archaeological Dating,” in K. P. Foster and R. Laffineur (eds.), METRON: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age [Aegaeum 24] (Liège/Austin 2003) 363-399.

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Absolute Chronology of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean

M. J. Aitken, H. N. Michael, P. P. Betancourt, and P. M. Warren, "The Thera Eruption: Continued Discussion of the Dating," Archaeometry 30(1988) 164-182.

M. C. Astour, Hittite History and Absolute Chronology of the Bronze Age (1989).

P. P. Betancourt, "Dating the Aegean Late Bronze Age with Radiocarbon," Archaeometry 29(1987) 45-49.

P. Betancourt, "The Chronology of the Aegean Late Bronze Age: Unanswered Questions," in M. S. Balmuth and R. H. Tykot (eds.), Sardinian and Aegean Chronology: Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean (Oxford 1998) 291-296.

P. P. Betancourt and H. N. Michael, "Dating the Aegean Late Bronze Age with Radiocarbon: Addendum," Archaeometry 29(1987) 212-213.

P. P. Betancourt and G. A. Weinstein, "Carbon-14 and the Beginning of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean," AJA 80(1976) 329-348.

M. Bietak, "The Late Cypriot White Slip I Ware as an Obstacle of the High Aegean Chronology," in M. S. Balmuth and R. H. Tykot (eds.), Sardinian and Aegean Chronology: Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean (Oxford 1998) 321-322.

M. Bietak (ed.), The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. II [Proceedings of the SCIEM 2000 Euroconference, Haindorf 2001] (Vienna 2003).

M. Bietak, “Science versus Archaeology: Problems and Consequences of High Aegean Chronology,” in M. Bietak (ed.), The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. II (Vienna 2003) 23-33.

M. Bietak, review of S. Manning, A Test of Time (Oxford 1999) in Bibliotheca Orientalis 61(2004) 199-222.

M. Bietak and I. Hein, “The Context of White Slip Wares in the Stratigraphy of Tell el-Dab’a and Some Conclusions on Aegean Chronology,” in V. Karageorghis (ed.), White Slip Ware (Nicosia 2000) 171-194.

C. Bronk Ramsey, S. W. Manning, and M.Galimberti, “Dating the Volcanic Eruption at Thera,” Radiocarbon 46:1(2004) 325-344.

G. Cadogan, "Dating the Aegean Bronze Age without Radiocarbon," Archaeometry 20(1978) 209-214.

K. P. Foster and R. K. Ritner, "Texts, Storms, and the Thera Eruption," JNES 55(1996) 1-14.

V. Hankey, "The Chronology of the Aegean Late Bronze Age," in P. Åström (ed.), High, Middle or Low? (Göteborg 1987) 39-59.

V. Hankey, "Note on the Chronology of LH IIIC Late and Submycenaean," JdI 103(1988) 33-37.

V. Hankey and O. Tufnell, "The Tomb of Maket and its Mycenaean Import," BSA 68(1973) 103-111.

V. Hankey and P. Warren, "The Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Late Bronze Age," BICS 21(1974) 142-152.

R. A. Housley, S. W. Manning, G. Cadogan, R. E. Jones, and R. E. M. Hedges, "Radiocarbon, Calibration, and the Chronology of the Late Minoan IB Phase," JAS 26(1999) 159-171.

M. K. Hughes, P. I. Kuniholm, J. K. Eischeid, G. Garfin, C. B. Griggs, and C. Latini, ”Aegean Tree-ring Signatures Explained,” Tree-Ring Research 57(2001) 67-73.

P. James, N. Kokkinos, and I. J. Thorpe, "Mediterranean Chronology in Crisis," in M. S.
Balmuth and R. H. Tykot (eds.), Sardinian and Aegean Chronology: Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean (Oxford 1998) 29-43.

R. Jung and B. Weninger, “Kastanas abd rhe Chronology of the Aegean Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age,” in T. Higham, C. Bronk Ramsey, and C. Owen (eds.), Radiocarbon and Archaeology [Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph 62] (Oxford 2004) 209-228.

B. J. Kemp and R. S. Merrillees, Minoan Pottery in Second Millennium Egypt (Mainz 1980).

B. Kromer, S. Talamo, P. I. Kuniholm, M. Newton, and K. A. Wardle, “Old Trees, New Dates and the End of Mycenaean Civilization,” AEMT (2003) [forthcoming].
http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/aha/kaw/oldtreesnewdates.htm

M. W. Newton, K. A. Wardle, and P. I. Kuniholm, "Dendrochronology and Radiocarbon Determinations from Assiros and the Beginning of the Greek Iron Age," AEMT 17(2003) 173-190.

P. I. Kuniholm, "The Prehistoric Aegean: Dendrochronological Progress as of 1995," Acta Archaeologica 67(1996) 327-335.

P. I. Kuniholm and C. L. Striker, "Dendrochronoloigcal Investigations in the Aegean and Neighboring Regions," JFA 14(1987) 385-398.

A. Leonard, "Some Problems Inherent in Mycenaean/Syro-Palestinian Synchronisms," in E. B. French and K. A. Wardle (eds.), Problems in Greek Prehistory (Bristol 1988) 319-331.

Y. Liritzis and R. Thomas, "Paleointensity and Thermoluminescence Measurements on Cretan Kilns from 1300-2000 B.C.," Nature 283(1980) 54-55.

C. F. Macdonald, “Chronologies of the Thera Eruption,” AJA 105(2001) 527-532.

S. W. Manning, "The Bronze Age Eruption of Thera: Absolute Dating, Aegean
Chronology and Mediterranean Cultural Interrelations," JMA 1(1988) 17-82.

S. W. Manning, "The Eruption of Thera: Date and Implications," TAW III.1(1990) 29-40.

S. W. Manning, "The Thera Eruption: the Third Congress and the Problem of the Date," Archaeometry 32(1990) 91-100.

S. W. Manning, "Thera, Sulphur, and Climatic Anomalies," OJA 11(1992) 245-253.

S. W. Manning, "Santorini, Ice-cores and Tree-rings: Resolution of the 1645 or 1628 B.C. Debate?," Nestor 19(1992) 2511-2512.

S. W. Manning, "Dating the Aegean Bronze Age: Without, With, and Beyond, Radiocarbon," in K. Randsborg (ed.), Absolute Chronology: Archaeological Europe [Acta Archaeologica 67 Suppl. 1] (Copenhagen 1996) 15-37.

S. W. Manning, "Aegean and Sardinian Chronology: Radiocarbon, Calibration, and Thera," in M. S. Balmuth and R. H. Tykot (eds.), Sardinian and Aegean Chronology: Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean (Oxford 1998) 297-307.

S. W. Manning, A Test of Time: The Volcano of Thera and the Chronology and History of the Aegean and East Mediterranean in the mid-Second Millennium B.C. [Oxford 1999].

S. W. Manning, B. Kromer, P. I. Kuniholm, and M. W. Newton, “Anatolian Tree-rings and a New Chronology for the East Mediterranean Bronze – Iron Ages,” Science 294(2001) 2532-2535.

S. W. Manning and C. Bronk Ramsey, “A Late Minoan I – II Absolute Chronology for the Aegean – Combining Archaeology with Radiocarbon,” in M. Bietak (ed.), The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. II (Vienna 2003) 111-133

S. W. Manning, C. B. Ramsey, C. Doumas, T. Marketou, G. Cadogan, and C. L. Pearson, “New Evidence for an Early Date for the Aegean Late Bronze Age and Thera Eruption,” Antiquity 76(2002) 733-744.

S. W. Manning and B. Weninger, "A Light in the Dark: Archaeological Wiggle Matching and the Absolute Chronology of the Close of the Aegean Late Bronze Age," Antiquity 66(1992) 636-663.

T. Marketou, Y. Facorellis, and Y. Maniatis, “New Late Bronze Age Chronology from the Ialysos Region, Rhodes,” Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 1(2001) 19-29.

H. Matthäus, "Representations of Keftiu in Egyptian Tombs and the Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Late Bronze Age," BICS 40(1995) 177-194.

J. Muhly, "Egypt, the Aegean, and Late Bronze Age Chronology in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Review Article," JMA 4(1991) 235-247.

I. U. Olsson, "Carbon-14 Dating and Interpretation of the Validity of Some Dates from the Bronze Age in the Aegean," in P. Åström (ed.), High, Medium or Low? (Göteborg 1987) 4-38.

G. W. Pearson and M. Stuiver, "High-precision Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, 500-2500 B.C.," Radiocarbon 28(1986) 839-862.

J. Phillips, "The 'New' Aegean Chronology: An Egyptian Perspective," BICS 42(1997-98) 219-220.

L. Pomerance, "The Possible Role of Tomb Robbers and Viziers of the 18th Dynasty in Confusing Minoan Chronology," in G. Carratelli and G. Rizza (eds.), Antichità Cretesi: Studi in Onore di Doro Levi I (Catania 1977) 21-30.

L. Pomerance, "The Mythogenesis of Minoan Chronology," in P. Åström, L. R. Palmer, and L. Pomerance, Studies in Aegean Chronology [SIMA Pocket-book 25] (Göteborg 1984) 8-14.

M. Schoch, "Die naturwissenschaftliche Datierung des spätbronzezeitlichen Vulkanausbruchs von Santorin. Eine kritische Diskussion," Thetis 4(1997) 51-62.

M. Stuiver and B. Becker, "High-precision Decadal Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, A.D. 1950 - 6000 B.C.," Radiocarbon 35(1993) 35-65.

M. Stuiver and G. W. Pearson, "High-precision Bidecadal Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, A.D. 1950 - 500 B.C. and 2500 - 6000 B.C.," Radiocarbon 35(1993) 1-23.

P. Warren, "Absolute Dating of the Bronze Age Eruption of Thera (Santorini)," Nature 308:5959(1984) 492-493.

P. Warren, "Absolute Dating of the Aegean Late Bronze Age," Archaeometry 29(1987) 205-211.

P. M. Warren, "The Minoan Civilisation of Crete and the Volcano of Thera," Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum 4(1990-91) 29-39.

P. Warren. "The Aegean and the Limits of Readiocarbon Dating," in K. Randsborg (ed.), Absolute Chronology: Archaeological Europe 2500-500 B.C. (Copenhagen 1996) 283-290.

P. Warren, "Aegean Late Bronze 1-2 Absolute Chronology: Some New Contributions," in M. S. Balmuth and R. H. Tykot (eds.), Sardinian and Aegean Chronology: Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean (Oxford 1998)323-331.

P. M. Warren, "LM IA: Knossos, Thera, Gournia," in P. P. Betancourt, V. Karageorghis, R. Laffineur, and W.-D. Niemeier (eds.), MELETEMATA: Studies in Aegean Archaeology Presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as He Enters His 65th Year [Aegaeum 20] (Liège/Austin 1999) 893-903.

P. Warren and V. Hankey, Aegean Bronze Age Chronology (Bristol 1989).

M. H. Wiener, "The Absolute Chronology of Late Helladic IIIA2," in M. S. Balmuth and R. H. Tykot (eds.), Sardinian and Aegean Chronology: Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean (Oxford 1998) 309-319.

M. H. Wiener, "The White Slip I of Tell el-Dab'a and Thera: Critical Challenge for the Aegean Long Chronology," in V. Karageorghis (ed.), White Slip Ware (Nicosia 2000) 195-202.

M. H. Wiener, “The Absolute Chronology of Late Helladic IIIA2 Revisited,” BSA 98(2003) 239-250.

M. H. Wiener, �Chronology Going Forward (with a Query about 1525/4 B.C.),� in Timelines: Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak [Orientalia Lovanensia Analecta 149] (Louvain-la-Neuve 2006) 317-328.

A Yasur-Landau, “The Absolute Chronology of the Late Helladic IIIC Period: A View from the Levant,” in S. Deger-Jalkotzy and M. Zavadil (eds.), LH IIIC Chronology and Synchronisms (Vienna 2003) 235-244.

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Terminological Debates

J. L. Caskey, "Aegean Terminologies," Historia 27(1978) 488-491.

J. E. Coleman, "Chronological and Cultural Divisions of the Early Cycladic Period: A Critical Appraisal," in J. L. Davis and J. F. Cherry (eds.), Papers in Cycladic Prehistory (Los Angeles 1979) 48-50.

J. E. Coleman, "Remarks on 'Terminology and Beyond'," in J. L. Davis and J. F. Cherry (eds.), Papers in Cycladic Prehistory (Los Angeles 1979) 64-65.

R. A. McNeal, "The Greeks in History and Prehistory," Antiquity 46(1972) 19-28.

R. A. McNeal, "Helladic Prehistory Through the Looking-glass," Historia 24(1975) 385-401.

N. Platon, “Chronologie de la Crète et des Cyclades à l’Âge du Bronze,” in Bericht über den V. Internationalen Kongress für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Hamburg, 1958 (1961) 671-674.

C. Renfrew, "Terminology and Beyond," in J. L. Davis and J. F. Cherry (eds.), Papers in Cycladic Prehistory (Los Angeles 1979) 51-63.

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