event · evt_carthage_earliest_radiocarbon_horizon
Earliest excavated radiocarbon horizon at Carthage
Animal-bone radiocarbon determinations from the earliest excavated levels cluster in the later ninth to early eighth century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Animal-bone radiocarbon determinations from the earliest excavated levels cluster in the later ninth to early eighth century BCE.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
835 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
moderateThis assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.
- informs · provides chronology
Radiocarbon Dates of Animal Bones in the Earliest Levels of Carthage — Roald F. Docter, Hans Georg Niemeyer, Albert J. Nijboer, Johannes van der Plicht (2006)Provides the earliest-level date range and contextual cautions.
Locator: pp. 557–577; sample contexts and radiocarbon results
Interpretation and caveats
The dated levels are compatible with early settlement near the traditional foundation era but do not independently verify an exact 814/813 BCE event.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement horizon
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Carthage
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in Tunisia and central Maghreb, central Mediterranean connections. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Research notes
- Provides the earliest-level date range and contextual cautions. Role: provides chronology. Locator: pp. 557–577; sample contexts and radiocarbon results.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides chronology
Radiocarbon Dates of Animal Bones in the Earliest Levels of Carthage — Roald F. Docter, Hans Georg Niemeyer, Albert J. Nijboer, Johannes van der Plicht (2006)Provides the earliest-level date range and contextual cautions.
Locator: pp. 557–577; sample contexts and radiocarbon results
Referenced records
- Carthage · entity