What is the evidence?

observation

After Argaric institutional forms ended, settlement, ceramics, craft and exchange practices developed through varied local sequences rather than one uniform successor culture.

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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

1550 BCE–1300 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.

  • supports · contextualizes
    Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC) — Francesco Iacono, Elisabetta Borgna, Maurizio Cattani, Claudio Cavazzuti, Helen Dawson, Yannis Galanakis, Maja Gori, Cristiano Iaia, Nicola Ialongo, Thibault Lachenal, Alberto Lorrio, Rafael Micó, Barry Molloy, Argyro Nafplioti, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Roberto Risch (2022)

    Supports varied regional trajectories.


    Locator: pp. 371–445, Iberian Late Bronze Age synthesis
  • supports · provides archaeological observation
    Evidence of a warp-weighted loom in the Bronze Age settlement of Cabezo Redondo (south-east Spain) — Ricardo E. Basso Rial, Gabriel García Atiénzar, Yolanda Carrión Marco, Paula Martín de la Sierra Pareja, Virginia Barciela González, Mauro S. Hernández Pérez (2026)

    Provides evidence for continued aggregation and craft activity at a major site.


    Locator: pp. 636–653 and occupation summary

Interpretation and caveats

Post-Argaric is best used as a plural analytical category for decentralization, new aggregations and changing networks.

Event context

Classification

Event type: settlement and social reorganization

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

Directly addresses the required post-Argaric aftermath and prevents the timeline from ending with El Argar.

Research notes

  • Supports varied regional trajectories. Role: contextualizes. Locator: pp. 371–445, Iberian Late Bronze Age synthesis.
  • Provides evidence for continued aggregation and craft activity at a major site. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 636–653 and occupation summary.

Evidence and sources

  • supports · contextualizes
    Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC) — Francesco Iacono, Elisabetta Borgna, Maurizio Cattani, Claudio Cavazzuti, Helen Dawson, Yannis Galanakis, Maja Gori, Cristiano Iaia, Nicola Ialongo, Thibault Lachenal, Alberto Lorrio, Rafael Micó, Barry Molloy, Argyro Nafplioti, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Roberto Risch (2022)

    Supports varied regional trajectories.


    Locator: pp. 371–445, Iberian Late Bronze Age synthesis
  • supports · provides archaeological observation
    Evidence of a warp-weighted loom in the Bronze Age settlement of Cabezo Redondo (south-east Spain) — Ricardo E. Basso Rial, Gabriel García Atiénzar, Yolanda Carrión Marco, Paula Martín de la Sierra Pareja, Virginia Barciela González, Mauro S. Hernández Pérez (2026)

    Provides evidence for continued aggregation and craft activity at a major site.


    Locator: pp. 636–653 and occupation summary

Where to go next

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