event · evt_iberia1_kach_kouch_settlement
Stable settlement, farming and material change at Kach Kouch
Kach Kouch preserves architecture, farming and material sequences demonstrating stable local settlement from the later second millennium into the first millennium BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Kach Kouch preserves architecture, farming and material sequences demonstrating stable local settlement from the later second millennium into the first millennium 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.
1300 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
highPreferred display range for this release. It preserves BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower samples, phase dates or alternatives listed separately.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco — Hamza Benattia, Youssef Bokbot, Jorge Onrubia-Pintado, Meryem Benerradi, Bouchra Bougariane, Bouchra Bouhamidi, Jared Carballo-Pérez, Othman Echcherif-Baamrani, Asmae Elqably, Noufel Ghayati, Hassan Hachami, Mohamed Kbiri-Alaoui, Raluca Lazarescu, Lorena Lombardi, Giulio Lucarini, Rafael M. Martínez-Sánchez, Marta Mateu-Sagés, Pau Menéndez-Molist, Ignacio Montero-Ruiz, Zayd Ouakrim, Guillem Pérez-Jordà, Moad Radi, Joan Ramon-Torres, Eric Sobrevia-Corral, Tachfine Touri, Cyprian Broodbank (2025)Provides the excavation evidence and chronology.
Locator: pp. 354–374, architecture, farming and phases
Interpretation and caveats
The site shows northwest African agency and continuity in the Strait zone; imported or comparative objects do not make it an Iberian or Phoenician colony.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement stabilization and farming
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: cross regional context
People and places
Locations: Kach Kouch, Strait of Gibraltar interaction frame
Why it matters to the timeline
Kach Kouch lies outside the peninsula but is directly relevant to the required Gibraltar and North Africa interaction zone.
Research notes
- Provides the excavation evidence and chronology. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 354–374, architecture, farming and phases.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco — Hamza Benattia, Youssef Bokbot, Jorge Onrubia-Pintado, Meryem Benerradi, Bouchra Bougariane, Bouchra Bouhamidi, Jared Carballo-Pérez, Othman Echcherif-Baamrani, Asmae Elqably, Noufel Ghayati, Hassan Hachami, Mohamed Kbiri-Alaoui, Raluca Lazarescu, Lorena Lombardi, Giulio Lucarini, Rafael M. Martínez-Sánchez, Marta Mateu-Sagés, Pau Menéndez-Molist, Ignacio Montero-Ruiz, Zayd Ouakrim, Guillem Pérez-Jordà, Moad Radi, Joan Ramon-Torres, Eric Sobrevia-Corral, Tachfine Touri, Cyprian Broodbank (2025)Provides the excavation evidence and chronology.
Locator: pp. 354–374, architecture, farming and phases
Referenced records
- Kach Kouch · entity
- Strait of Gibraltar interaction frame · entity