# Kaniewski 2011: The Sea Peoples, from cuneiform tablets to carbon dating

> David Kaniewski, Elise Van Campo, Karel Van Lerberghe et al., 2011. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The best-dated destruction horizon in the…

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# The Sea Peoples, from cuneiform tablets to carbon dating

David Kaniewski, Elise Van Campo, Karel Van Lerberghe et al., 2011. _PLOS ONE 6(6), e20232_.

A stratified radiocarbon sequence from Gibala-Tell Tweini on the Syrian coast, anchored to texts and astronomical observations, dates the terminal destruction there and the collapse in the northern Levant to 1192–1190 BC.

**Late Bronze Age collapse** ArticleCopy of **[The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/artifacts/ART0D46591G2AQY/the-terminal-destruction-layer-at-gibala-tell-tweini)** doi: **[10.1371/journal.pone.0020232](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020232)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The best-dated destruction horizon in the northern Levant.

## The document 7 pages

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## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Most destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464TWC4ECW/most-destructions-fall-within-a-few-decades-after-about-1200)

Answer

ANS

[The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/artifacts/ART0D46591G2AQY/the-terminal-destruction-layer-at-gibala-tell-tweini)

ART

[The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/copies/CPY0D46599A7M3K/the-terminal-destruction-layer-at-gibala-tell-tweini-photo)

CPY

[Gibala-Tell Tweini stratified radiocarbon dates (Kaniewski et al. 2011)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D4655CA2BS7/gibala-tell-tweini-stratified-radiocarbon-dates-kaniewski-et)

Dataset

DAT

[Gibala-Tell Tweini is dated to 1192–1190 BC and is contemporary with Ugarit's destruction.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464V464Y26/gibala-tell-tweini-is-dated-to-11921190-bc-and-is)

Evidence

EVD

[Terminal destruction of Gibala-Tell Tweini, contemporary with the fall of Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/events/EVT0D464KJ029EW/terminal-destruction-of-gibala-tell-tweini-contemporary-with)

EVT

[The Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Kaniewski, D., Van Campo, E., Van Lerberghe, K., Boiy, T., Vansteenhuyse, K., Jans, G., Nys, K., Weiss, H., Morhange, C., Otto, T., & Bretschneider, J. (2011). The Sea Peoples, from cuneiform tablets to carbon dating. PLOS ONE 6(6), e20232. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020232
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