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event · evt_lixus_earliest_secure_occupation

Earliest securely supported occupation horizon at Lixus

Archaeological evidence supports occupation beginning around the eighth century BCE rather than a securely demonstrated Bronze Age foundation.

Evidence confidence: high
Awaiting expert reviewNorth Africa expansion for the Bronze Age Systems Atlas

What is the evidence?

observation

Archaeological evidence supports occupation beginning around the eighth century BCE rather than a securely demonstrated Bronze Age foundation.

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Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

800 BCE–750 BCE

Precision: range

moderate

This assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.

  • informs · dates
    Ville de Lixus — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ministère des Affaires Culturelles du Maroc (1995)

    Supports the eighth-century occupation horizon.


    Locator: Site chronology summary

Interpretation and caveats

The horizon belongs at the project boundary and is retained to distinguish excavation-based chronology from earlier foundation traditions.

Event context

Classification

Event type: settlement horizon

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

People and places

Locations: Lixus

Why it matters to the timeline

This event directly documents the North African research scope in Morocco and Atlantic façade, western Mediterranean and Iberian connections. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.

Research notes

  • Supports the eighth-century occupation horizon. Role: provides site history. Locator: Site chronology summary.

Evidence and sources

  • informs · provides site history
    Ville de Lixus — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ministère des Affaires Culturelles du Maroc (1995)

    Supports the eighth-century occupation horizon.


    Locator: Site chronology summary

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Related records

  • outgoing · associated with Lixus