event · evt_kent_close_sheep_management
Close sheep management at Kent
Sequential isotope values from sampled sheep indicate winter foddering and extended lambing seasons.
What is the evidence?
observation
Sequential isotope values from sampled sheep indicate winter foddering and extended lambing seasons.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.
1506 BCE–1289 BCE
Precision: range
moderateWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · provides scientific evidence
Close management of sheep in ancient Central Asia: evidence for foddering, transhumance, and extended lambing seasons during the Bronze and Iron Ages — Alicia R. Ventresca Miller, Ashleigh Haruda, Victor Varfolomeev, Alexey Goryachev, Cheryl A. Makarewicz (2020)Provides the animal-management reconstruction.
Locator: Kent tooth-enamel isotope profiles and modeled dates
Interpretation and caveats
At least some Kent households closely managed flocks rather than relying only on unrestricted seasonal grazing.
Event context
Classification
Event type: animal management practice
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Kent settlement, Begazy-Dandybai tradition
Why it matters to the timeline
The evidence directly addresses pastoral practice and settlement use in central Kazakhstan.
Research notes
- Provides the animal-management reconstruction. Role: provides scientific evidence. Locator: Kent tooth-enamel isotope profiles and modeled dates.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides scientific evidence
Close management of sheep in ancient Central Asia: evidence for foddering, transhumance, and extended lambing seasons during the Bronze and Iron Ages — Alicia R. Ventresca Miller, Ashleigh Haruda, Victor Varfolomeev, Alexey Goryachev, Cheryl A. Makarewicz (2020)Provides the animal-management reconstruction.
Locator: Kent tooth-enamel isotope profiles and modeled dates
Referenced records
- Begazy-Dandybai tradition · entity
- Kent settlement · entity