Abstract
We present the first set of radiocarbon dates derived from human skeletal material from Ganj Dareh, Iran. These new dates fully overlap with those on goat bone samples published by Zeder and Hesse (2000) and confirm the finding of the latter source that occupation of the site occurred within ca 200–300years after 9000bp (~10,100cal. BP). In so doing we confirm the absence of a hiatus between the lower two levels (E and D), an idea derived from the initial dating of the site. We also provide the first full review of the 23 radiocarbon dates from the site published prior to the work of Zeder and Hesse (2000). Examination of the full date sequence emphasizes the complexity of the site stratigraphy and tight clustering of the dates from all levels, thereby clarifying the difficulty that the excavator had in separating levels.
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