Radiocarbon dating of the Neolithic early Bronze Age site of Mandalo, W Macedonia

Abstract

All samples listed here come from the prehistoric site of Mandalo in Western Macedonia, (40°51′N, 22°13′E) 65km NW of Thessaloniki. The samples were all charcoal and were submitted by the excavators. The site of Mandalo is ~20km W of the classical capital of Macedonia Pella. It is in the foothills of Mount Paikou in the lowland hills that separate the now dried Yannitsa Lake from Aridaia Plain. It is a small tell site that covers an area of not >0.2ha in its base, and has a height of 7m. The site can be divided into 4 occupational phases: Ia, Ib, II and III. Mandalo is perhaps the first prehistoric site in Greece that has been radiocarbon dated so consistently and systematically. It therefore provides a very significant chronological reference. -from Authors