The ASPRO chronology is a nine-period dating system of the ancient Near East used by the Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée for archaeological sites aged between 14,000 and 5,700 BP.[1]
First published in 1994,[2] ASPRO stands for the "Atlas des sites du Proche-Orient" (Atlas of Near East archaeological sites), a French publication pioneered by Francis Hours and developed by other scholars such as Olivier Aurenche.
The periods, cultures, features and date ranges of the original ASPRO chronology are shown below:
ASPRO Period
Cultural phases
Dates
Period 1
Natufian, Zarzian final
12,000 – 10,300 BP or 12,000 – 10,200 cal. BCE
Period 2
Protoneolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), Khiamian, Sultanian, Harifian
10,300 – 9,600 BP or 10,200 – 8,800 cal. BCE
Period 3
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB, PPNB ancien)
9,600 – 8,000 BP or 8,800 – 7,600 cal. BCE
Period 4
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB, PPNB moyen)
8,600 – 8,000 BP or 7,600 – 6,900 cal. BCE
Period 5
Dark Faced Burnished Ware (DFBW), Çatalhöyük, Umm Dabaghiyah-Sotto [de], Proto-Hassuna, Ubaid 0
8,600 – 7,600 BP or 6,900 – 6,400 cal. BCE
Period 6
Hassuna, Samarra, Halaf, Ubaid 1
7,600 – 7,000 BP or 6,400 – 5,800 cal. BCE
Period 7
Pottery Neolithic A (PNA), Halaf final, Ubaid 2
7,000 – 6,500 BP or 5,800 – 5,400 cal. BCE
Period 8
Pottery Neolithic B (PNB), Ubaid 3
6,500 – 6,100 BP or 5,400 – 5,000 cal. BCE
Period 9
Ubaid 4
6,100 – 5,700 BP or 5,000 – 4,500 cal. BCE
In 2001, the institute revised the chronology of the first six periods based on newer carbon data and calibration curves.[3] In Period 3 an early and late phase could be distinguished, but Periods 4 and 5 were merged. Overall they found more overlap in time between different cultural phases between different sites.
ASPRO Period
Cultural phases
Dates BP
Dates BCE
Period 1
Natufian, Zarzian final
12,000 – 10,300 BP
12,500 – 9,500 cal. BCE
Period 2
Protoneolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA)
10,300 – 9,600 BP
10,500 – 8,300 cal. BCE
Period 3
early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB ancient)
9,600 – .... BP
9,200 – 8,300 cal. BCE
Period 3
middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB moyen)
.... – 8,000 BP
8,400 – 7,500 cal. BCE
Period 4,5
middle to late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB moyen, PPNC)
8,600 – 7,600 BP
7,600 – 6,000 cal. BCE
Period 6
Hassuna, Samarra, Halaf, Ubaid 1
7,600 – 7,000 BP
6,400 – 5,600 cal. BCE
^Francis Hours (1994). Atlas des sites du proche orient (14000 - 5700 BP). Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen. ISBN 978-2-903264-53-6. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
^"ASPRO : Atlas des Sites du Proche-Orient". MAISON DE L'ORIENT ET DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE JEAN POUILLOUX. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
^Auranche, O (2001). "Proto-neolithic and Neolithic Cultures in the Middle East — the Birth of Agriculture, Livestock Raining, and Ceramics: a Calibrated 14C Chronology 12,500–5500 cal BC". Radiocarbon. 43 (3): 1191–1202. Bibcode:2001Radcb..43.1191A. doi:10.1017/S0033822200038480. S2CID 11569311.
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