Prehistoric tell stratigraphies, like deep-sea sediments or peat deposits, store information about past atmospheric 14 C variations. By matching the 14 C ages on charcoal samples from settlement deposits with the tree-ring calibration curve, estimates for the time span covered by successive stratigraphic phases can be derived. This method is applied to 14 C data from the tell mounds at Troy, Turkey and Ezero, Bulgaria. I compare the derived chronologies with the results of pottery shape seriation using correspondence analysis.
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