event · evt_haua_fteah_late_holocene_use
Late prehistoric use horizon at Haua Fteah
A late prehistoric horizon in Context 126 or Layer IV dates to approximately 900–810 BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
A late prehistoric horizon in Context 126 or Layer IV dates to approximately 900–810 BCE.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.
900 BCE–810 BCE
Precision: range
moderateThis assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.
- informs · dates
New Light on the Silent Millennia: Mediterranean Africa, ca. 4000–900 BC — Lucarini, Giulio, Bokbot, Youssef, Broodbank, Cyprian (2021)Provides the horizon and date.
Locator: Cyrenaica discussion; Haua Fteah Context 126/Layer IV
Interpretation and caveats
The horizon demonstrates occupation in Cyrenaica near the project endpoint while the wider regional record remains sparse and dominated by broad survey scatters and pastoral traces.
Event context
Classification
Event type: cave occupation horizon
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Haua Fteah
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in Marmarica and Cyrenaica. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Research notes
- Provides the horizon and date. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Cyrenaica discussion; Haua Fteah Context 126/Layer IV.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
New Light on the Silent Millennia: Mediterranean Africa, ca. 4000–900 BC — Lucarini, Giulio, Bokbot, Youssef, Broodbank, Cyprian (2021)Provides the horizon and date.
Locator: Cyrenaica discussion; Haua Fteah Context 126/Layer IV
Referenced records
- Haua Fteah · entity