event · evt_lower_wadi_howar_shift_to_thoroughfare
Lower Wadi Howar shifts from settlement area toward intermittent thoroughfare use
Permanent settlement declined as aridity increased, while lower Wadi Howar continued to be traversed and used intermittently.
What is the evidence?
observation
Permanent settlement declined as aridity increased, while lower Wadi Howar continued to be traversed and used intermittently.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–1000 BCE
Precision: range
lowThis assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.
- informs · dates
Wadi Howar: Settlement Area and Thoroughfare at the Southern Margin of the Libyan Desert — University of Cologne ACACIA Project A2Supports the mobility shift.
Locator: Project synthesis; Lower Wadi Howar no longer permanent settlement but still a thoroughfare - informs · dates
Wadi Hower National Park – Gala Abou Ahmed — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Republic of the Sudan (2022)Provides interregional context and site density.
Locator: Criterion (v); communication-route synthesis
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence supports a broad communication corridor between interior regions and the Nile, but not a fixed, continuously operating commercial road with known commodities and stations.
Event context
Classification
Event type: mobility network reorganization
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Handessi Horizon communities
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in eastern Sahara and oasis corridors, Nubia and Nile–Sahara connections. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Research notes
- Supports the mobility shift. Role: supports distribution. Locator: Project synthesis; Lower Wadi Howar no longer permanent settlement but still a thoroughfare.
- Provides interregional context and site density. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Criterion (v); communication-route synthesis.
Evidence and sources
- informs · supports distribution
Wadi Howar: Settlement Area and Thoroughfare at the Southern Margin of the Libyan Desert — University of Cologne ACACIA Project A2Supports the mobility shift.
Locator: Project synthesis; Lower Wadi Howar no longer permanent settlement but still a thoroughfare - informs · contextualizes
Wadi Hower National Park – Gala Abou Ahmed — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Republic of the Sudan (2022)Provides interregional context and site density.
Locator: Criterion (v); communication-route synthesis
Referenced records
- Handessi Horizon communities · entity