Radiocarbon Dating of Late Iron Age Graves from Transylvania

Berecki, Sándor (2023) Radiocarbon Dating of Late Iron Age Graves from Transylvania. ARCHAEOLOGIA BULGARICA, 27 (1). pp. 25-35. ISSN 1310-9537

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Abstract

In order to confirm and narrow down the relative chronology of the Late Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin, eleven samples from three Celtic cemeteries in Transylvania (Archiud-Hânsuri, Fântânele-Dealul Iuşului / La Gâţa and FântâneleDâmbul Popii) were submitted to radiocarbon dating using the AMS method. Based on the measurement of samples from human and animal bones and on additional 14C results from the Carpathian Basin, one could observe that the date ranges, often divided into numerous smaller or larger phases, cover a much wider period than the four Transylvanian Celtic horizons defined based on the typological changes of artefacts linked to historical events or socio-historical phenomena (La Tène B1/B2-C1 phases, 350/335-190/175 BC). The explanation of this circumstance raises further questions of physical and archaeological methodology, interpretation and research.

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