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Does the excavated stratigraphic sequence at Eridu hold up under modern dating and recording methods?

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The excavation belongs to the 1940s and its final report appeared decades later; the site has not been re-excavated with modern stratigraphic recording, and there is no published radiocarbon series running through the sequence.

What would resolve this A new season of stratigraphic excavation at Tell Abu Shahrain, recorded to modern standards, with a published radiocarbon series tying the temple sequence to absolute dates.
OpenNear Eastern archaeology; archaeological science (radiocarbon dating)Fuad Safar, Mohammad Ali Mustafa and Seton Lloyd, Eridu
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Source EriduFuad Safar, Mohammad Ali Mustafa and Seton Lloyd
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Eridu
Fuad Safar, Mohammad Ali Mustafa and Seton Lloyd, State Organization of Antiquities and Heritage (Ministry of Culture and Information), Baghdad, 1981
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