Recent radiocarbon (14C) research demonstrates that the urban culture of Early-Bronze III in the southern Levant ends around 2500 BC, and not around 2300 BC as was widely assumed. This should extend the Intermediate Bronze Age by 200 years. Charred olive pits from Intermediate Bronze Age contexts in the site of Khirbat el-‘Alya Northeast in the Judean Shephelah region (Israel) were 14C dated, resulting in calibrated dates around 2500 BC. The date range of Khirbat el-‘Alya Northeast samples is an indication that in the Mediterranean parts of the southern Levant, the Intermediate Bronze Age material culture appeared around the time of the decline of the preceding culture of Early-Bronze III—around 2500 BC or somewhat earlier. Possible Intermediate Bronze settlement pattern and the site’s relation to the nearby Early-Bronze city of Tel Yarmuth are discussed based on previous Intermediate Bronze and Early-Bronze related research in the surrounding area.

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弥合差距 EBIII-IBA：来自以色列 KHIRBAT EL-'ALYA 东北部的早期中间青铜放射性碳日期

最近的放射性碳（14C) 研究表明，黎凡特南部早期青铜三世的城市文化在公元前 2500 年左右结束，而不是像人们普遍认为的那样在公元前 2300 年左右结束。这应该会将中间青铜时代延长 200 年。在朱迪亚谢非拉地区（以色列）的 Khirbat el-'Alya 东北部遗址中，来自青铜时代中期背景的烧焦橄榄坑是14C 日期，导致校准日期在公元前 2500 年左右。Khirbat el-'Alya Northeast 样本的日期范围表明，在黎凡特南部的地中海部分，中期青铜时代物质文化出现在早期青铜三世之前的文化衰落时期——大约公元前 2500 年或者更早一些。根据之前对周边地区的中青铜和早期青铜相关研究，讨论了可能的中青铜聚落模式以及该遗址与附近的早期青铜城市 Tel Yarmuth 的关系。