claim · claim_utica_1101_tradition_not_archaeological_date
Utica’s traditional 1101 BCE foundation date is a literary tradition, not the date of the earliest excavated settlement horizon.
Utica’s traditional 1101 BCE foundation date is a literary tradition, not the date of the earliest excavated settlement horizon.
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Exploration of the maritime façade of Utica: the potential location of the Phoenician and Roman harbours — Pleuger, Elisa, Goiran, Jean-Philippe, Delile, Hugo, Gadhoum, Ahmed, Wilson, Andrew, Fentress, Elizabeth, Ben Jerbania, Imed, and collaborators (2019)Documents the traditional date.
Locator: Introduction; 1101 BCE tradition - supports · dates
La colonización fenicia inicial en el Mediterráneo Central: nuevas excavaciones arqueológicas en Utica (Túnez) — López Castro, José L., Ferjaoui, Ahmed, Mederos Martín, Alfredo, Martínez Hahnmüller, Víctor, Ben Jerbania, Imed (2016)Provides the earliest secure excavated horizon in this package.
Locator: Radiocarbon results, 925–900 cal BCE
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