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EDITOR A. J. T. Jull ∙ University of Arizona

MANAGING EDITOR Kimberley Tanner Elliott ∙ University of Arizona

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Edouard Bard ∙ Collège de France Steven W. Leavitt ∙ University of Arizona Nancy Beavan ∙ Cardiff University Ann P. McNichol ∙ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Warren Beck ∙ University of Arizona Mihály Molnár ∙ Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Elisabetta Boaretto ∙ Weizmann Institute Studies, Hungary Christopher Bronk Ramsey ∙ Oxford University Toshio Nakamura ∙ Nagoya University George S. Burr ∙ University of Arizona Jesper Olsen ∙ Aarhus AMS Center Owen K. Davis ∙ University of Arizona Charlotte Pearson ∙ University of Arizona Ellen R. M. Druffel ∙ University of California-Irvine Pavel Povinec ∙ Comenius University Pieter Grootes ∙ Christian-Albrechts University Paula J. Reimer ∙ Queen’s University Belfast Irka Hajdas ∙ ETH Zurich E. Marian Scott ∙ University of Glasgow Derek Hamilton ∙ University of Glasgow John R. Southon ∙ University of California-Irvine Christine Hatté ∙ Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et Jocelyn Turnbull ∙ GNS Science l’Environnement Johannes van der Plicht ∙ Groningen University Gregory Hodgins ∙ University of Arizona Antoine Zazzo ∙ Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Quan Hua ∙ Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Weijian Zhou ∙ Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Organisation Academy of Science Yaroslav Kuzmin ∙ Russian Academy of Sciences

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CONTENTS Commentaries Returning to the Rate of Spread of Early Farming in Europe: Comment on the Article by Manen et al. (2019) in Radiocarbon Albert J Ammerman...... 741 The Spread of Farming Economy in the Western Mediterranean: A Short Reply to Ammerman (2021) C Manen, T Perrin, J Guilaine, L Bouby, S Bréhard, F Briois, F Durand, P Marinval, J-D Vigne...... 751

Research Articles New Chronological Information from Radiocarbon Dating of Human Remains at Jacob’s Well, Nablus, Palestine Loay Abu Alsaud, Amer Al-Qobbaj, Mohammad Al-Khateeb, Alfonso Fanjul Peraza...... 759 Generation of Two New Radiocarbon Standards for Compound-Specific Radiocarbon Analyses of Fatty Acids from Bog Butter Finds Emmanuelle Casanova, Timothy D J Knowles, Isabella Mulhall, Maeve Sikora, Jessica Smyth, Richard P Evershed...... 771 The Tempo of Cultural Change in the Kostenki Upper Paleolithic: Further Insights Rob Dinnis, Alexander A Bessudnov, Natasha Reynolds, Gennady A Khlopachev, Mikhail Sablin, Andrei Sinitsyn, Thomas Higham, Katerina Douka...... 785 The Nekselø Fish Weir and Marine Reservoir Effect in Neolithization Period Denmark Anders Fischer, Jesper Olsen...... 805 Assessing the Chronostratigraphy of El Mirón Cave, Cantabrian Spain Rachel J A Hopkins, Lawrence Guy Straus, Manuel R González Morales...... 821 Middle Bronze Age Jerusalem: Recalculating its Character and Chronology Johanna Regev, Yuval Gadot, Helena Roth, Joe Uziel, Ortal Chalaf, Doron Ben-Ami, Eugenia Mintz, Lior Regev, Elisabetta Boaretto...... 853 The Beginning of the Iron Age at Arslantepe: A 14C Perspective Federico Manuelli, Cristiano Vignola, Fabio Marzaioli, Isabella Passariello, Filippo Terrasi...... 885

Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.33.14, on 25 Sep 2021 at 03:15:21, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2021.43 Clarifying the Age of Initial Settlement Horizon in the Mariana Islands and the Impact of Hard Water: A Response to Carson (2020) Fiona Petchey, Geoffrey Clark...... 905 Heidelberg Radiocarbon Lab – Establishing a New Carbon Dioxide Extraction Line for Carbonate Samples S Therre, L Proß, R Friedrich, M Trüssel, N Frank...... 915 First Directly Dated Rock Art in Southeast Asia and the Archaeological Implications Andrea Jalandoni, Marie Grace Pamela G Faylona, Aila Shaine Sambo, Mark D Willis, Caroline Marie Q Lising, Maria Kottermair, Xandriane E Loriega, Paul S C Taçon...... 925 Do Weak or Strong Acids Remove Carbonate Contamination from Ancient Tooth Enamel More Effectively? The Effect of Acid Pretreatment on Radiocarbon and δ13C Analyses Rachel Wood, Andre Barros Curado Fleury, Stewart Fallon, Nguyen Thi Mai Huong, Nguyen Anh Tuan...... 935 Radiocarbon Dating of St. George’s Rotunda in Nitrianska Blatnica (Slovakia): International Consortium Results Pavel P Povinec, Alexander Cherkinsky, Jozef Dorica, Irka Hajdas, A J Timothy Jull, Ivan Kontul ’, Mihály Molnár, Ivo Svetlik, Eva Maria Wild...... 953 Building High-Precision Ams 14C Bayesian Models for the Formation of Peri-Abandonment Deposits at Baking Pot, Belize Julie A Hoggarth, Brendan J Culleton, Jaime J Awe, Christophe Helmke, Sydney Lonaker, J Britt Davis, Douglas J Kennett...... 977

Technical Note Radiocarbon Protocols and First Intercomparison Results from the Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Chris Turney, Lorena Becerra-Valdivia, Adam Sookdeo, Zoë A Thomas, Jonathan Palmer, Heather A Haines, Haidee Cadd, Lukas Wacker, Andy Baker, Martin S Andersen, Geraldine Jacobsen, Karina Meredith, Khorshed Chinu, Silvia Bollhalder, Christopher Marjo...... 1003

Case Study Revenia-Korinos: One of the Earliest Neolithic Settlements in North Greece as Evidenced by Radiocarbon Dating Yannis Maniatis, Fotini Adaktylou...... 1025

Date List Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Occupations of Cova Rosa (Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain) Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, Jesús F Jordá Pardo, Pablo Arias, Julián Bécares, Sergio Martín-Jarque, Rodrigo Portero, Luis Teira, Katerina Douka...... 1053

Research Article New Radiocarbon Evidence for Human Occupation in Central Argentina During the Middle and Late Holocene: The Ongamira Valley Case Andrés D Izeta, Roxana Cattáneo, Andrés I Robledo, Mai Takigami, Minoru Yoneda, Fuyuki Tokanai, Kazuhiro Kato, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki...... e1