THE BEGINNING OF THE IRON AGE AT ARSLANTEPE: A ¹⁴C PERSPECTIVE

ABSTRACT The Iron Age chronology at Arslantepe is the result of interpretation Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions and archaeological data coming from site its surrounding region. A new round investigations levels has been conducted over last 10 years. Preliminary results allowed combination sequence with historical events that extended collapse Late Bronze empires to formation development kingdoms. integration into this picture a set radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates aimed establishing more solid local chronology. High precision C dating by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) correlation archaeobotanical analysis stratigraphic are presented here purpose improving our knowledge site’s history build reliable absolute Age. show earliest level ca. mid-13th century BC, implying started developing relationships Levant already before breakdown Hittite empire, entailing important implications for Syro-Anatolian region end 2nd millennium BC.