A combination of radiocarbon and dendrochronological research on building timbers and radiocarbon dates for animal bones recovered from the site has provided one of the few accurate dates for the transition from Bronze to Iron Age in the Aegean area c.1070 BC.
Radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology, combined with the analysis of building materials and animal bone remains, have provided a precise date for the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the Aegean region around 1070 BC.