event · evt_carthage_early_horizon_world_context
Earliest excavated horizon at Carthage
Radiocarbon-dated early levels at Carthage fall in the later ninth and early eighth centuries BCE, near the end of this package's interval.
What is the evidence?
observation
Radiocarbon-dated early levels at Carthage fall in the later ninth and early eighth centuries BCE, near the end of this package's interval.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.
850 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
highPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides scientific dates
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 excavated chronology.
Locator: Animal-bone radiocarbon results
Interpretation and caveats
The event marks expanding central Mediterranean connectivity; archaeological ranges must remain separate from the exact 814/813 BCE literary foundation date.
Event context
Classification
Event type: early urban foundation horizon
Evidence layer: archaeological and scientific
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Cyprus eastern Mediterranean maritime interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
Provides a selective western Mediterranean marker for the broader maritime world connected indirectly to Cyprus by 800 BCE.
Research notes
- Provides the earliest excavated chronology. Role: provides scientific dates. Locator: Animal-bone radiocarbon results.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides scientific dates
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 excavated chronology.
Locator: Animal-bone radiocarbon results