A revised radiocarbon calibration curve 350-250 BCE impacts high-precision dating of the Kyrenia Ship.

ABSTRACT: The Kyrenia Ship, found off the north coast of Cyprus, is a key vessel in the history of scientific underwater excavations and in the history of Greek shipbuilding. The first volume of the site's final publication appeared in 2023 and provides detailed archaeological information tightly constraining the dating of the ship. A very specific date range is proposed: ca. 294-290 BCE, but is based on a less than certain reading of one coin recovered from the ship. While there is clear benefit to finding high-precision dates for the Kyrenia Ship and its rich assemblage using independent scientific dating (combined with Bayesian chronological modeling), efforts to do so proved more challenging and complex than initially anticipated. Strikingly, extensive radiocarbon dating on both wooden materials

SUBMITTER: Manning SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11207157 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature