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LE VA NT 33 200 1 Pp. 117 -125 L ow C hr ono log y an d G re ek P ro to g eo m etric an d G eo m etr ic P ot tery in the So u th er n L ev an t A lexa nd er Fa ntalkin  In st it ut e of Arc haeology) Tel Avi v Univers it y) Ramat Aviv) 69978 Tel Aviv) Israel e-mail: [email protected] Th e art icle d ea ls with the abs olu te ch ron olo gy of the Iro n Age in the So uth ern Le va nt an d the  Ae gean wor ld. It fir st dis cus ses the chr ono log ical gap bet ween the conventio nal dat ing of Pro tog eometr ic pot ter y in Greece ~ and its appe ara nce in the Sout her n Leva nti ne ass emblag es. The que sti on the n ask ed is whet her the Low Chr ono logy recently propos ed by Finkelstein wil l fre e us  fr om the di ffi cul tie s rai sed by the prev ail ing dat ing . A bri ef exa minati on sho ws tha t one ca nno t use the accep ted dating of Gree k Protog eometric and Geomet ric potte ry to su ppo rt the 'Fi nke lst ein correc tio n', but rat her his Low Chr onolog y pro vides, for the fir st time~ a bas is for the absolut e chr ono log y of t he Dar k Age in Greece . At the end the art icl e pr oposes a common denomi nat or to rec onc ile the dif fer ences of opi nio n between maj or chronological approaches. These may be explai ned by the diff ere nce s in the length of exis ten ce of the rel evant str ata . Introduction A recentl y pro pose d Low Chronolo gy fo r th e South ern Levant Dark A ge (F in kels te in 199 5; 19 96a ; 19 96b ; 19 98a ; 19 98b ; 19 99a ; 19 99b ) ev ok ed a storm y disc ussi on am ong Syro - Pale stinia n scho lars (M az ar 1997; Za rz ek i-Peleg 1997; Ben-Tor an d Ben -A mi 19 98 ; Ben -T or 20 00 ; N a'a man 20 00 ); aft er sev era l arc ha eo log ica l co ng res ses , th e dis cu s- si on is far fro m en di ng . Su ch a react io n seems pr e- dic tab le, as the ne w da tin g! cal ls for are -ev alu ati on of th e ge ne ral hi st or ical pi ct ur e, in order to ex plain the proc esses in the reg ion be twee n the ear ly- twelf th centu ry (t he batt le s of Ramses II I wit h the Sea P eo pl es ) an d th e la te -e ig ht h ce nt ur y (th e A ss yr ia n cam paig ns to Palestin e). Among su ggest ed so lu ti ons to so me th orn y ch ron olo gi cal pro ble ms rai sed by th e pre va ilin g da t- in g, Fin ke ls te in (199 9b , 39) co ns id er s th at his Low Ch ron olo gy " ...clos es the one centu ry ga p betw een th e da ti ng of the Lat e Pro to ge omet ri c potter y in Gr ee ce (in t he 10 th cen tu ry , not on ly acc or di ng to Lev an tine sy nc hr on isms) an d its ap pe aran ce in the Lev an t in str at a usua lly da te d to the 11th ce nt ur y BeE . " This articl e attempt s to examine whet her Fi nk el st ei n' s Lo w Chr on ol og y ca n be re co nc ile d wit h th e acce pt ed Greek Ir on Age ch ro nol og y in or der to see whet her Greek Pro to geo met ric an d 117 Ge om etri c po tte ry fro m the Sou the rn Le va nt ca n be us ed for or ag ain st Fin ke lste in's da tin g. Le va ntin e so urc es of the abso lute ch ron olo gy of th e G re ek Iro n A ge an d th eir pr ob lem s Si nc e no ch ro nol og ic al an ch or has bee n fo und in Gr eece itse lf to tie some his tor ica l ev en t to archa eo - lo gi ca l fin ds fro m th e Iro n A ge , sc ho la rs ha ve be en ob lig ed to reso rt to co mpa ra tive mat er ia l fro m th e Ea st. As in th e So uth ern Le va nt in Iron Age I-II it is no t po ss ib le us in g ex tra -b ib lic al so ur ces to br id ge the chronolog ical gap be twee n the reign of R am esses III an d the A ssy ria n cam pa ign s, in Prot og eo me tric an d Geom etr ic Gr eec e the re is n o saf e chro no log ical an ch or be tw ee n th e Lat e Hel la di c per io d an d th e arc ha ic co lon iza tio n of Ita ly and Sic ily (Sno dgras s 19 91 ). In orde r to brid ge thi s ga p of so me 50 0 ye ars , Sout hern Levant ine sit es in which Greek  Pr oto ge om etr ic an d Ge om etr ic po tte ry wa s disc ov- er ed ha ve bee n used fo r di sc us sion by classica l scholars. The earl y Gre ek pott ery fo und at a number of sit es in the Sou the rn Le va nt ha s be en rec en tly sum- ma rize d by W ald ba um (19 94 ). Alth ou gh pro vid ing impo rta nt da ta fro m bo th ne w an d old ex cav ati on s, th is st ud y do es no t at te mpt to de al wi th pr ob le ms arisi ng from the accepted Greek Iron Age

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