What is the evidence?

observation

Multiproxy landscape evidence records sustained clearance and moderate agropastoral use before the later Greek colonial city.

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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

1100 BCE–800 BCE

Precision: range

moderate

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 landscape change reflects local peopling and land use. It should not be attributed retrospectively to the later colony or a single incoming population.

Event context

Classification

Event type: land cover and agropastoral change

Evidence layer: environmental

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

The event provides environmental and agricultural continuity for a required coastal region.

Research notes

  • Provides the multiproxy land-use reconstruction. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Late Bronze Age pollen and landscape sections.

Evidence and sources

Where to go next

Referenced records