event · evt_chap_high_altitude_farmstead
High-altitude farming and herding at Chap I
Chap I contains domestic architecture, crops, livestock, processing tools and local irrigation features at high altitude.
What is the evidence?
observation
Chap I contains domestic architecture, crops, livestock, processing tools and local irrigation features at high altitude.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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.
1065 BCE–825 BCE
Precision: range
highChap has direct dates but local features should not be projected valley-wide.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
High-Altitude Agro-Pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: New Excavations of the Chap Farmstead (1065-825 cal BCE) — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Taylor Hermes, Elina Ananyevskaya, Mindaugas Grikpedis, Elise Luneau, Inga Merkyte, Lynne M. Rouse (2020)Provides the farmstead record.
Locator: Excavation, radiocarbon, crops and irrigation - informs · provides scientific evidence
Specialized wool production economy of prehistoric farmstead of Chap I in the highlands of Central Tian Shan (Kyrgyzstan) — Elina Ananyevskaya, Michael Buckley, Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute (2021)Supports wool-oriented sheep management.
Locator: ZooMS and herd profile - informs · provides scientific evidence
Carbon and oxygen stable isotopic evidence for diverse sheep and goat husbandry strategies amid a Final Bronze Age farming milieu in the Kyrgyz Tian Shan — Taylor R. Hermes, Clemens Schmid, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute (2022)Documents varied caprine management.
Locator: Stable-isotope husbandry results
Interpretation and caveats
A mixed farmstead economy with close sheep and goat management operated near the end of the Bronze Age, showing adaptation rather than an exclusively mobile system.
Event context
Classification
Event type: high altitude agropastoral farmstead
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Chap I farmstead, Tien Shan highlands and piedmonts
Why it matters to the timeline
Chap is the best-dated core case for Kyrgyz highland farming, irrigation and pastoral management.
Research notes
- Provides the farmstead record. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Excavation, radiocarbon, crops and irrigation.
- Supports wool-oriented sheep management. Role: provides scientific evidence. Locator: ZooMS and herd profile.
- Documents varied caprine management. Role: provides scientific evidence. Locator: Stable-isotope husbandry results.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
High-Altitude Agro-Pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: New Excavations of the Chap Farmstead (1065-825 cal BCE) — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Taylor Hermes, Elina Ananyevskaya, Mindaugas Grikpedis, Elise Luneau, Inga Merkyte, Lynne M. Rouse (2020)Provides the farmstead record.
Locator: Excavation, radiocarbon, crops and irrigation - informs · provides scientific evidence
Specialized wool production economy of prehistoric farmstead of Chap I in the highlands of Central Tian Shan (Kyrgyzstan) — Elina Ananyevskaya, Michael Buckley, Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute (2021)Supports wool-oriented sheep management.
Locator: ZooMS and herd profile - informs · provides scientific evidence
Carbon and oxygen stable isotopic evidence for diverse sheep and goat husbandry strategies amid a Final Bronze Age farming milieu in the Kyrgyz Tian Shan — Taylor R. Hermes, Clemens Schmid, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute (2022)Documents varied caprine management.
Locator: Stable-isotope husbandry results
Referenced records
- Tien Shan highlands and piedmonts · entity
- Chap I farmstead · entity