Including Explicit Priors on Phase Duration in Bayesian 14C Dating

Abstract

Bayesian modelling of radiocarbon dates directly integrates information obtained through archaeological analysis. Here, I explain how to add known information/reasonable assumptions about the length of a deposition phase, using the example of date sequences from two Early Neolithic communities in the Aegean whose dating has been hotly debated, i.e. basal Knossos (Crete) and Nea Nikomedeia (Northern Greece). The consequences of the re-evaluation of their dates are discussed for the broader picture of the Neolithisation in the Aegean and for the chronology of the regional use of stamps. IZVLE∞EK – Bayesovo modeliranje radiokarbonskih datumov neposredno vklju≠uje podatke, ki jih pridobimo z arheolo∏ko analizo. V ≠lanku pojasnjujem, kako dodati znane podatke / utemeljene predpostavke o dol∫ini faze odlaganja na primeru ≠asovnih zaporedij dveh zgodnjeneolitskih najdi∏≠ v Egejskem morju, o katerih se je ∫e intenzivno razpravljalo, in sicer o temeljih v Knossosu (Kreta) in Nei Nikomedeiji (Severna Gr≠ija). Razpravljam tudi o posledicah ponovne ocene teh datumov za ∏ir∏o sliko neolitizacije v Egejskem morju in za kronologijo regionalne uporabe pe≠atnikov.