event · evt_iberia1_motilla_water_system_operation
Operation of Motilla del Azuer’s well, storage and settlement system
Motilla del Azuer’s monumental enclosure, deep well, storage spaces and settlement remained in use during the later part of the Bronze of La Mancha.
What is the evidence?
observation
Motilla del Azuer’s monumental enclosure, deep well, storage spaces and settlement remained in use during the later part of the Bronze of La Mancha.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.
1600 BCE–1350 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
Water control and cereal management on the Bronze Age Iberian Peninsula: La motilla del Azuer — Gonzalo Aranda, Sergio Fernández, Martín Haro, Francisco Molina, Trinidad Nájera, Margarita Sánchez (2008)Provides the water-control and cereal-management evidence.
Locator: pp. 241–259 - supports · contextualizes
The first uses of groundwater in the Iberian Peninsula. The Daimiel “motillas” in the Bronze Age of La Mancha — M. Mejías Moreno, L. Benítez de Lugo Enrich, J. del Pozo Tejado, J. Moraleda Sierra (2014)Provides hydrogeological interpretation and regional distribution.
Locator: pp. 455–474
Interpretation and caveats
The complex represents organized local water and subsistence management. It does not by itself prove a centralized La Mancha state.
Event context
Classification
Event type: water management and settlement operation
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Motilla del Azuer, Motilla settlement system
Why it matters to the timeline
Water systems and motillas are explicit priorities within the required La Mancha coverage.
Research notes
- Provides the water-control and cereal-management evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 241–259.
- Provides hydrogeological interpretation and regional distribution. Role: contextualizes. Locator: pp. 455–474.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Water control and cereal management on the Bronze Age Iberian Peninsula: La motilla del Azuer — Gonzalo Aranda, Sergio Fernández, Martín Haro, Francisco Molina, Trinidad Nájera, Margarita Sánchez (2008)Provides the water-control and cereal-management evidence.
Locator: pp. 241–259 - supports · contextualizes
The first uses of groundwater in the Iberian Peninsula. The Daimiel “motillas” in the Bronze Age of La Mancha — M. Mejías Moreno, L. Benítez de Lugo Enrich, J. del Pozo Tejado, J. Moraleda Sierra (2014)Provides hydrogeological interpretation and regional distribution.
Locator: pp. 455–474
Referenced records
- Motilla settlement system · entity
- Motilla del Azuer · entity