Table 1.

Radiocarbon dates and calibrations from Area M, Khirbat en-Nahas, Jordan

								Calibrated dates (cal BC)
								68.2%		95.4%
OxA	Sample*	Stratum	Material	Species	Date	+/−	δ13C, ‰	From	To	From	To
12436	KEN06 M L511 B8501 EDM80372	1	Charcoal	Tamarix?	2659	32		834	799	896	792
12437	KEN02 M L539 B9039	1	Charcoal	Tamarix?	2746	35		917	839	976	815
17630	M1 KEN06 M L535 B1025	1	Charcoal	Retama raetam	2764	25	−25.3	969	846	977	835
17631	M3 KEN06 M EDM91837 L	2	Charred seeds	Phoenix dactylifera	2676	26	−21.3	841	803	896	800
17632	M4 KEN06 M EDM91808 L	2	Charred seeds	P. dactylifera	2713	26	−23.8	896	828	908	811
17633	M5 KEN06 M EDM91641 L	2	Charred seeds	P. dactylifera	2734	25	−24.4	900	841	925	819
17634	M6 KEN06 M EDM90466 L	2	Charcoal	Haloxylon persicum	2783	25	−10.8	976	900	1005	846
17635	M6 KEN06 M EDM90466 L	2	Charcoal	H. persicum	2777	25	−11.1	976	860	1000	844
17636	M7 KEN06 M EDM90378 L	2	Charred seeds	P. dactylifera	2732	25	−24.5	899	840	922	819
17637	M8 KEN06 M EDM90395 L	1	Charcoal	P. dactylifera	2836	26	−22.7	1022	933	1110	913
17638	M9 KEN06 M EDM91773 L	2	Charred seeds	P. dactylifera	2814	25	−24.0	1001	928	1038	904
17639	M10 KEN06 M EDM91462	1	Charred seeds	P. dactylifera	2678	26	−23.8	841	804	896	801
17640	M11 KEN06 M EDM91098	3	Charcoal	Tamarix sp.	2770	25	−26.1	972	851	996	840
17641	M12 KEN06 M EDM90754	3	Charcoal	Acacia sp.	2767	25	−10.1	971	848	996	837
17642	M13 KEN06 M B10279	3	Charcoal	Tamarix sp.	2781	25	−9.8	976	898	1003	846
17643	M15 KEN06 M EDM91175	3	Charcoal	Tamarix sp.	2813	26	−25.5	1001	927	1041	903
17644	M16 KEN06 M EDM91211	3	Charcoal	Tamarix sp.	2824	25	−23.4	1008	932	1047	912
17645	M17 KEN06 M EDM90832	3	Charcoal	Tamarix sp.	2747	25	−24.8	913	843	972	827
17646	M18 KEN06 M B10285	3	Charcoal	Tamarix sp.	2871	26	−23.4	1112	1005	1129	936
17647	M19 KEN06 M EDM91192	3	Charcoal	H. persicum	2764	25	−11.4	969	846	977	835
17702	M2 KEN06 M EDM90181 L	2	Charcoal	R. raetam	2740	30	−23.6	906	841	972	816
17703	M14 KEN06 M EDM90527	3	Charred seeds	P. dactylifera	2792	30	−25.3	993	906	1013	845

Dates are calibrated using the IntCal04 data set (31) and the OxCal calibration program v4.0 (30). Only the outer limits of the ranges are shown.

*, All samples from 2006 excavation except 12436 & 12437 from 2002.