The rich remains from the Early Bronze II at Tel Arad have been interpreted as representing several centuries of activity. According to conventional wisdom, after the destruction of Stratum III by fire, Stratum II endured for about 150 years. However, high precision dates obtained for Stratum II as well as a subsequent destruction event suggest that rapid reconstruction took place in the span of one or two decades. The results point to a short duration of the EB II occupation in Arad and these are in agreement with the south Levantine radiocarbon chronology for the Early Bronze Age. They suggest that the end of the EB II occupation was synchronous with the 1st Egyptian Dynasty ruler Qaʿa.

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早期青铜 Arad 的放射性碳评估：第二层的 20 年寿命

来自 Tel Arad 早期青铜器 II 的丰富遗骸被解释为代表了几个世纪的活动。根据传统观点，在第三层被大火摧毁后，第二层持续了大约 150 年。然而，从第二层获得的高精度日期以及随后的破坏事件表明，快速重建发生在一到二十年的跨度内。结果表明 EB II 占据阿拉德的持续时间很短，这与早期青铜时代的南黎凡特放射性碳年表一致。他们认为 EB II 占领的结束与埃及第一王朝统治者 Qaʿa 同步。