Zhang Xuelian and others 2022, 14C dating of the Erlitou site, Radiocarbon 64(4): 819-832; Erlitou culture about 1750-1530/1500 BC (2007 onward radiocarbon studies, as summarised on Wikipedia)
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No year-by-year rainfall record from the Yellow River plain reaches 1561-1550 BC; the published Qilian juniper record starts in 1500 BC (its raw cores go further: see the ring test)
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Why did the Xia dynasty fall (about 1600 to 1530 BC), and do the omens told of its end remember a real eruption?