What is the evidence?

observation

El Morredón preserves successive settlement phases beginning around 1200 BCE, with rebuilding and occupation continuing beyond the project endpoint.

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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.

Preferred assertion

1200 BCE–800 BCE

Precision: range

high

Preferred display range for this release. It preserves BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower samples, phase dates or alternatives listed separately.

Interpretation and caveats

The sequence is evidence for local persistence and transformation rather than a single destruction or abandonment event.

Event context

Classification

Event type: settlement rebuilding and continuity

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

The event anchors the required Ebro and northeast settlement sequence.

Research notes

  • Provides the stratigraphic and chronological sequence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 85–105, three settlement phases.

Evidence and sources

Where to go next

Referenced records