event · evt_carpathian_network_transformation
Transformation of Southern Carpathian Basin Settlement Networks
Large, interlinked settlement networks that flourished before 1200 BCE were substantially reorganized at the Bronze–Iron transition.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Remote-sensing settlement networks
- Absolute dates
- Changing site occupation
proposed causes
- long-term social trajectories
- climate interaction
- network reorganization
consequences
Regional change is strong; direct causal linkage to Mediterranean events is not established.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1250 BCE–1150 BCE
Precision: regional range
moderatesurvey, excavation and absolute dating
- informs · establishes
Resilience, Innovation and Collapse of Settlement Networks in Later Bronze Age Europe: New Survey Data from the Southern Carpathian Basin — Barry Molloy, Dragan Jovanović, Caroline Bruyère, Marta Estanqueiro, Miroslav Birclin, et al. (2023)
Locator: survey results - informs · reviews
Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition — Barry Molloy (2023)
Locator: Carpathian Basin section
Event context
People and places
Locations: Southern Carpathian Basin
Evidence and sources
- informs · establishes
Resilience, Innovation and Collapse of Settlement Networks in Later Bronze Age Europe: New Survey Data from the Southern Carpathian Basin — Barry Molloy, Dragan Jovanović, Caroline Bruyère, Marta Estanqueiro, Miroslav Birclin, et al. (2023)Source relationship recorded for Transformation of Southern Carpathian Basin Settlement Networks.
Locator: survey results - informs · reviews
Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition — Barry Molloy (2023)Source relationship recorded for Transformation of Southern Carpathian Basin Settlement Networks.
Locator: Carpathian Basin section
Referenced records
- Southern Carpathian Basin · entity