ASPRO chronology

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

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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

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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

## See also

* Ancient Near East
* Neolithic

## References

1. ↑ Francis Hours (1994). Atlas des sites du proche orient (14000 - 5700 BP). Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen. ISBN 978-2-903264-53-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=KlZtAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
2. ↑ "ASPRO : Atlas des Sites du Proche-Orient". http://www.mom.fr/ressources-numeriques/bases-de-donnees/ASPRO.
3. ↑ 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. doi:10.1017/S0033822200038480. http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/PDF/RadioCarbon.pdf. Retrieved 2018-01-24.

## External links

* Website of MOM
* Atlas des sites Prochaine-Orient 14000 et 5700 BP - MOM's online application - Atlas of Near East Archaeological Sites 14000 to 5700 BP

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