event · evt_gash_to_jebel_mokram_transition
Transition from Gash to Jebel Mokram archaeological traditions
Eastern Sudan’s archaeological sequence shifted from Gash to Jebel Mokram traditions before or near the opening of the primary interval.
What is the evidence?
observation
Eastern Sudan’s archaeological sequence shifted from Gash to Jebel Mokram traditions before or near the opening of the primary interval.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.
1800 BCE–1600 BCE
Precision: broad regional transition
Chronology model: eastern Sudan archaeological sequence
moderateRegional ceramic and settlement sequences place the transition around the early second millennium BCE, with local variation.
- supports · dates
Eastern Sudan in Its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley — Andrea Manzo (2017)Provides the regional archaeological chronology.
Locator: Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables and transition discussion
Interpretation and caveats
The transition provides necessary antecedent context for later mobility and pastoral systems. It is not interpreted as a single ethnic replacement or mass migration.
Event context
Classification
Event type: archaeological group transition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: cross regional context
People and places
Locations: Gash Group, Jebel Mokram Group, Eastern Sudan and Nubia interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
This antecedent transition materially explains the eastern Sudan communities connected to the Horn and Red Sea during 1600–800 BCE.
Research notes
- Provides the regional archaeological chronology. Role: dates. Locator: Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables and transition discussion.
Evidence and sources
- supports · dates
Eastern Sudan in Its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley — Andrea Manzo (2017)Provides the regional archaeological chronology.
Locator: Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables and transition discussion
Referenced records
- Eastern Sudan and Nubia interaction zone · entity
- Gash Group · entity
- Jebel Mokram Group · entity
- Date assertion for evt_gash_to_jebel_mokram_transition · date assertion