<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The paper presents new and important 14C data from eight Eneolithic sites in Campania measured at the Centre for Isotopic Research of Cultural and Environmental Heritage (CIRCE) AMS laboratory in Caserta (Italy). Twenty-four 14C determinations on bone and charcoal are used here for chronological reconstruction of human habitation and dating of some volcanic eruptions affecting the settlement activity. Our research has shed new light on absolute chronology of the whole Campanian Eneolithic, a period of profound cultural transformations triggered by introduction and use of metals, in particular copper.</abstract>

The paper presents new and important 14C data from eight Eneolithic sites in Campania measured at the Centre for Isotopic Research of Cultural and Environmental Heritage (CIRCE) AMS laboratory in Caserta (Italy). Twenty-four 14C determinations on bone and charcoal are used here for chronological reconstruction of human habitation and dating of some volcanic eruptions affecting the settlement activity. Our research has shed new light on absolute chronology of the whole Campanian Eneolithic, a period of profound cultural transformations triggered by introduction and use of metals, in particular copper.

Contribution of Radiocarbon Dating to the Chronology of Eneolithic in Campania (Italy)

CIRCE, Environmental Sciences Department, Second University of Naples, and INNOVA, Caserta, Italy

Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Avellino e Salerno, Italy

Dendrochronological Laboratory Bratislava and Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, Slovakia

Geochronometria

The paper presents new and important 14C data from eight Eneolithic sites in Campania measured at the Centre for Isotopic Research of Cultural and...

Contribution of Radiocarbon Dating to the Chronology of Eneolithic in Campania (Italy)

Published Online: May 03, 2010

Page range: 25 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10003-010-0008-2

Keywords
Eneolithic, chronology, radiocarbon dating, archaeological cultures, eruptions

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Contribution of Radiocarbon Dating to the Chronology of Eneolithic in Campania (Italy)

Published Online: May 03, 2010

Page range: 25 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10003-010-0008-2

KeywordsEneolithic, chronology, radiocarbon dating, archaeological cultures, eruptions

This content is open access.

Keywords
Eneolithic, chronology, radiocarbon dating, archaeological cultures, eruptions