The newchronology [at] yahoogroups [dot] com forum on the 'New Chronology' as developed by David Rohl, former SIS member, in his several books, such as Legend, and A Test of Time etc., has a post by Bob Porter, SIS member, quoting Near Eastern Archaeology 73 (2010) and 74 (2011). He has noted a possible dating anomaly of around 150 to 200 years at Beirut (firstly) and Dor (secondly), and suggests it can be remedied by down-dating the end of Iron IIC into the 5th century BC, thereby closing what would amount to a blank period in the 6th century BC. The dating anomaly is not based on C14 methodology but on pottery styles and the fact that there is a 5th century Greek link to the strata below Iron IIC, the date of the divide as suggested by articles in the above journal being 450BC.
Another dating anomaly of around 150 years
4 November 2012Archaeology