The site chronology for Hacinebi is based on the combined evidence of stratigraphy, ceramics, and radiocarbon (C14) dates.
Stratigraphic Sequence:
- Final abandonment
- Roman Farmstead
- Achaemenid/Hellenistic
- (gap)
- Early Bronze Age I (EB-I) cemetery
- (gap)
- Late Chalcolithic Phase B2 ("late" Local Late Chalcolithic ceramics continue. Rapid appearance of the full range of Uruk Mesopotamian material culture at the site)
- Late Chalcolithic Phase B1 ("late" Local Late Chalcolithic ceramics. Bevel rim bowls appear in uppermost deposits)
- Late Chalcolithic Phase A ("early" Local Late Chalcolithic ceramics. No Uruk material)
Relative Chronology:
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Gil J. Stein
g-stein@northwestern.edu
Anthropology Department, Northwestern University
Last modified - August 8, 2001