The following codes are based on the chronology used by The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations In the Holy Land (Jerusalem and New York, 1993).  They are intended to be used as key words when searching BAESL.  The calendar dates are approximate and the use of a code for a specific site is based on judgements made by the authors of the cited publications and not by the compiler of BAESL. For the EBIV period, alternative designations have been provided because the nomenclature for this period remains controversial. Users may wish to print a copy of this page for reference when searching BAESL.

 

Code	Archaeological Period
LP	Lower Paleolithic [1,000,000-120,000 BCE]
MP	Middle Paleolithic [120,000-45,000 BCE]
UP	Upper Paleolithic [45,000-18,000 BCE]
EP	Epipaleolithic [18,000-8,300 BCE]
NE	Neolithic [8,300-4,500 BCE]
PPN	Pre-Pottery Neolithic [8,300-5,500 BCE]
PPNA	Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
PPNB	Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
PPNC	Pre-Pottery Neolithic C
PN	Pottery Neolithic [5,500-4,500 BCE]
CH	Chalcolithic [4,500-3,300 BCE]
CHE	Early Chalcolithic [4,500-4,000 BCE]
CHL	Late Chalcolithic (Ghassulian) [4,000-3,330 BCE]
EB	Early Bronze Age [3,300-2,000 BCE]
EBI	Early Bronze Age IA-B [3,300-3,000 BCE]
EBII	Early Bronze Age II [3,000-2,700 BCE]
EBIII	Early Bronze Age III [2,700-2,200 BCE]
EBIV	Early Bronze Age IV [2,200-2,000 BCE]
IB	Intermediate Bronze [2,200-2,000 BCE]
MBI	Middle Bronze Age I [2,200-2,000 BCE]
MB	Middle Bronze Age [2,000-1,550 BCE]
MBIIA	Middle Bronze Age II A (Middle Bronze I) [2,000-1,750 BCE]
MBIIB	Middle Bronze Age II B (Middle Bronze II) [1,750-1,650 BCE]
MBIIC	Middle Bronze Age II C (Middle Bronze III) [1,650-1,550 BCE]
LB	Late Bronze Age [1,550-1,200 BCE]
LBI	Late Bronze Age I [1,550-1,400 BCE]
LBII	Late Bronze Age II [1,400-1,200 BCE]
LBIIA	Late Bronze Age II A [1,400-1,300 BCE]
LBIIB	Late Bronze Age II B [1,300-1,200 BCE]
IR	Iron Age [1,200-586 BCE]
IRI	Iron Age I [1,200-1,000 BCE]
IRIA	Iron Age I A [1,200-1,150 BCE]
IRIB	Iron Age I B [1,150-1,000 BCE]
IRII	Iron Age II [1,000-586 BCE]
IRIIA	Iron Age II A [1,000-900 BCE]
IRIIB	Iron Age II B [900-700 BCE]
IRIIC	Iron Age II C [700-586 BCE]
PER	Babylonian and Persian Periods [586-332 BCE]
HEL	Hellenistic Period [332-37 BCE]
EH	Early Hellenistic [332-167 BCE]
LH	Late Hellenistic [167-37 BCE]
ROM	Roman Period [37 BCE-324 CE]
ER	Early Roman [37 BCE-132 CE]
LR	Late Roman [132 CE-324 CE]
BYZ	Byzantine Period [324 CE-634 CE]
EA	Early Arab Period (Umayyad and Abbasid) [638-1099 CE]
CA	Crusader and Ayyubid Periods [1099-1291 CE]
LA	Late Arab Period (Fatimid and Mameluke) [1291-1516 CE]
OTT	Ottoman Period [1516-1917 CE]
MOD	Modern Period [post 1917 CE]

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