Archaeology Chart

Does anyone know of a handy chart (online or in Logos) which one could quickly refer when reading such terms as 'Iron Age I', 'Bronze Age II', etc.?

These are referred to so often in scholarly literature, but I have a difficult time remembering how to place them chronologically.

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Rick Ausdahl

Does anyone know of a handy chart (online or in Logos) which one could quickly refer when reading such terms as 'Iron Age I', 'Bronze Age II', etc.?

These are referred to so often in scholarly literature, but I have a difficult time remembering how to place them chronologically.

Perhaps one of these will provide what you're after.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archaeological_periods_(Levant)

http://www.bible-history.com/ancient_oil_lamps/ancient-oil-lamps_chart_of_archaeological_periods.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archaeological_periods

Mark Barnes

There's a simple but detailed chart in the New Bible Dictionary, which you probably have.

Jordan Litchfield

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/893898#Comment_893898

Thanks guys, I actually don't have the NBD, but those other charts will work great.

Charlene

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/893900#Comment_893900

But just so you know, the "scholars" don't agree on the dating, so you need to see if there is an explanation or chart that explains "their" dating system in each book. I got a Master's degree in archaeology while studying in Jerusalem and I had to learn different dates for different professors.

Jordan Litchfield

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/894002#Comment_894002

Yes, I know there can be sometime significant divergence, but I was just wanting something to give me quick, rough idea of the time period referred to.

Charlene

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/894106#Comment_894106

I totally understand!

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/894106#Comment_894106

Recognizing Jordan's immediate need (quick reference), and Charlene's point (variability), it'd be nice to have something in Logos.

I kind of cringe for a tool .. I guess I'm not confident about the execution. Maybe a good resource, if there were such.

The problem is not limited to archaeology ... it's in geology as well. Anything that has events without a solid calendar. So, using a clock as a visual, you can change the time (hands of the clock), or change the face of the clock. Both change the 'time'.

What the criticalities are for either, is what I'd like. You get bits and pieces reading ... pottery styles, weather (droughts), astronomy (meteors, etc) and earthquakes. Missing people, and sudden people.

On the geology side, the issue is considerably more transparent. The edges (clock face) are loosely linked to fossils. Archaeology, pottery mainly.

delete12066188

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/894116#Comment_894116

You also might find Hints in the Timeline

Jordan Litchfield

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/894410#Comment_894410

Thanks John, that's helpful as well.