ASPRO chronology

The ASPRO chronology is a nine-period dating system of the ancient Near East used by the Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée for archaeological sites aged between 14,000 and 5,700 BP.^[1]

ASPRO stands for the "Atlas des sites du Proche-Orient" (Atlas of Near East archaeological sites), a French publication pioneered by Francis Hours and developed by other scholars such as Olivier Aurenche.

The periods, cultures, features and date ranges of the ASPRO chronology are shown below:

ASPRO Period	Names	Dates
Period 1	Natufian, Zarzian final	12,000 - 10,300 BP or 12,000 - 10,200 cal. BCE
Period 2	Protoneolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), Khiamian, Sultanian, Harifian	10,300 - 9,600 BP or 10,200 - 8800 cal. BCE
Period 3	Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), PPNB ancien	9,600 - 8,000 BP or 8800 - 7600 cal. BCE
Period 4	Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), PPNB moyen	8,000 - 8,600 BP or 7600 - 6900 cal. BCE
Period 5	Dark Faced Burnished Ware (DFBW), Çatal Hüyük, Umm Dabaghiyah, Sotto, Proto-Hassuna, Ubaid 0	8,000 - 7,600 BP or 6900 - 6400 cal. BCE
Period 6	Hassuna, Samarra, Halaf, Ubaid 1	7,600 - 7,000 BP or 6400 - 5800 cal. BCE
Period 7	Pottery Neolithic A (PNA), Halaf final, Ubaid 2	7,000 - 6,500 BP or 5800 - 5400 cal. BCE
Period 8	Pottery Neolithic B (PNB), Ubaid 3	6,500 - 6,100 BP or 5400 - 5000 cal. BCE
Period 9	Ubaid 4	6,100 - 5,700 BP or 5000 - 4500 cal. BCE

References

^ Francis Hours (1994). Atlas des sites du proche orient (14000 - 5700 BP). Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen.

External links

Website of MOM
Atlas des sites Prochaine-Orient 14000 et 5700 BP - MOM's online application - Atlas of Near East Archaeological Sites 14000 to 5700 BP

Chronology

Key topics

Eras
Epochs

Calendar eras	Human Era Ab urbe condita Anno Domini / Common Era Anno Mundi Byzantine era Spanish era Before Present Hijri Egyptian Sothic cycle Hindu units of time (Yuga) Mesoamerican Long Count Short Count Tzolk'in Haab'

Regnal year	Canon of Kings Lists of kings Limmu Seleucid era

Era names	Chinese Japanese Korean Vietnamese

Calendars

Pre-Julian / Julian	Pre-Julian Roman Original Julian Proleptic Julian Revised Julian

Gregorian	Gregorian Proleptic Gregorian Old Style and New Style dates

Astronomical	Lunisolar Solar Lunar Astronomical year numbering

Others	Chinese sexagenary cycle Geologic Calendar Hebrew Iranian Islamic ISO week date Mesoamerican Maya Aztec

Astronomic time

Geologic time

Concepts	Deep time Geological history of Earth Geological time units

Standards	Global Standard Stratigraphic Age (GSSA) Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP)

Methods	Chronostratigraphy Geochronology Isotope geochemistry Law of superposition Optical dating Samarium-neodymium dating

Archaeological
methods

Absolute dating	Amino acid racemisation Archaeomagnetic dating Dendrochronology Ice core Incremental dating Lichenometry Paleomagnetism Radiometric dating Radiocarbon Uranium-lead Potassium-argon Tephrochronology Thermoluminescence dating

Relative dating	Fluorine absorption Obsidian hydration Seriation Stratigraphy

Genetic methods

Molecular clock

Linguistic methods

Glottochronology

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ASPRO chronology