14C

Yassi Höyük / Gordion
Type:
Mound
Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Ankara
District:
Polatli
Village:
Yassihöyük
Chronological Tables    
Explanation: The stratification of Yassihöyük/Gordion is as follows: Layer 1, Middle Age; layers 2 and 3a, Hellenistic Period; layer 3B, Hellenistic Period/Galat; layer 4, Late Phrygian/Persian (550-330 BC); layer 5, Middle Phrygian (700-550 BC); layer 6, Early Phrygian (950-700 BC); layer 7, Early Iron Age (1100-950 BC); layer 8, Late Bronze Age/Hittite (1400-1200 BC); layer 9, Late Bronze Age (1500-1400 BC); layer 10, Middle Bronze Age (1500-1600 BC). The 14C specimens are from the Terrace Building 2A on the layer which underwent fire, dating to the end of Early Iron Age and beginning of the Early Phrygian Period. A series of 14C dates from Yassihöyük/Gordion was published as 14C ages and calibrated (2 sigma14C) by Kohler and Ralph in 1961. Following is a list of the published dates:
Lab No BP Material Layer BC1 SDa BC1 SDb BC2 SDa BC2 SDb Explanation
Hd-21332 2678 +/- 18 Barley Burnt Layer (9th century BC) 830 806 900 800
Hd-21352 2674 +/- 20 Barley Burnt Layer 829 806 900 795
Hd-21304 2655 +/- 19 Linen Seeds Burnt Layer 822 803 830 798
Hd-21358 2647 +/- 32 Lentil Burnt Layer 825 799 900 780
Hd-21236 2641 +/- 25 Lentil Burnt Layer 819 799 832 792
Hd-21885 2703 +/- 29 Rush, Reed Burnt Layer 900 815 905 800
Hd-21361 2693 +/- 27 Rush, Reed Burnt Layer 900 805 900 800
Hd-21880 2686 +/- 21 Rush, Reed Burnt Layer 890 805 900 800
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