Thursday, June 28, 2012

Archaeological Chronology


Period

Dating

Epi-Paleolithic (Late Natufian)
10500-8500 BC
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
8500/8300-7500 BC
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
7500-6000 BC
Pottery Neolithic A (Yarmukian culture)
6000-5000 BC
Pottery Neolithic B
5000-4600 BC
Early Chalcolithic
4600-4200 BC
Middle Chalcolithic
4200-3800 BC
Late Chalcolithic
3800-3400 BC
Early Bronze Age I
3400-3000 BC
Early Bronze Age II
3000-2700 BC
Early Bronze Age III
2700-2300 BC
Early Bronze Age IV
2300-2000 BC
Middle Bronze Age I
2000-1800 BC
Middle Bronze Age II
1800-1650 BC
Middle Bronze Age III
1650-1550 BC
Late Bronze Age I
1550-1420 BC
Late Bronze Age II
1400-1200 BC
Iron Age I
1200-1000 BC
Iron Age IIA
1000-925 BC
Iron Age IIB
925-732 BC
Iron Age IIC
732-586 BC
Neo-Babylonian Period
586-535 BC
Persian Period
535-333 BC
Hellenistic Period
333-64 BC
Roman Period
64 BC-AD 324
Byzantine Period
324-636
Early Islamic Period
636-1000
Middle Islamic / Crusader Period
1000-1258
Late (Mamluk) Period
Islamic to Ottoman                                             1516-1918

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1250-1516 

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