myth interpretation · myth_carthage_814_foundation_as_literary_chronology
Carthage 814/813 BCE as Classical foundation chronology
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.
Research assessment
alternative interpretations
- The traditional date may approximate an early phase not yet exposed.
- The date may be a later chronological calculation.
- Foundation may have been a process rather than one event.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides source criticism
Early Carthage: from its foundation to the battle of Himera (ca. 814–480 BCE) — Dridi, Hédi (2019)Reviews the foundation tradition and literary evidence.
Locator: pp. 140–154 - supports · 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 archaeological radiocarbon range.
Locator: pp. 557–577