(AMS) Dates for the Epipaleolithic Settlement at Abu Hureyra, Syria
Radiocarbon Accelerator (AMS) Dates for the Epipaleolithic Settlement at Abu Hureyra, Syria Item Type Article; text Authors Moore, A. M. T.; Gowlett, J. A. J.; Hedges, R. E. M.; Hillman, G. C.; Legge, A. J.; Rowley-Conwy, P. A. Citation Moore, A. M. T., Gowlett, J. A. J., Hedges, R. E. M., Hillman, G. C., Legge, A. J., & Rowley-Conwy, P. A. (1986). Radiocarbon accelerator (AMS) dates for the Epipaleolithic settlement at Abu Hureyra, Syria. Radiocarbon, 28(3), 1068-1076. DOI 10.1017/S0033822200020130 Publisher American Journal of Science Journal Radiocarbon Rights Copyright © The American Journal of Science Download date 01/10/2021 02:24:30 Item License http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Version Final published version Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/652764 [RADIOCARBON, Vol. 28, No, 3, 1986, P 1068-1076] RADIOCARBON ACCELERATOR (AMS) DATES FOR THE EPIPALEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT AT ABU HUREYRA, SYRIA A M T MOORE*, J A J GOWLETT**, R E M HEDGES**, G C HILLMAN-, A J LEGGED and P A ROWLEY-CONWY ABSTRACT. The prehistoric settlement of Abu Hureyra in Syria was occupied in both the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods. It has provided significant evidence for changes in econ- omy at the time of the inception of agriculture in southwest Asia. Twenty accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates have been obtained to determine the duration of occupation of the Epipaleolithic settlement there and the precise age of samples of cereal grains and animal bones found within it. The results have demonstrated that the AMS technique can answer such questions because it dates exceedingly small samples with high precision.
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