event · evt_salut_ia_established_by_1300
Salūt IA established by approximately 1300 BCE
Salūt IA’s fortified settlement and oasis installations were established by approximately 1300 BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Salūt IA’s fortified settlement and oasis installations were established by approximately 1300 BCE.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
Precision: approximate terminus ante quem
Chronology model: Salūt IA latest-establishment model
moderateThe source states that the Iron Age settlement was established around 1300 BCE at the latest, while earlier beginnings remain possible.
- supports · dates
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Water Harvesting and Management in the Ancient Oasis of Salūt (Bisya, Sultanate of Oman) — Michele Degli Esposti, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Zerboni (2025)Provides the terminus and the possibility of an earlier beginning.
Locator: Chronological synthesis; statement that Salūt IA was established around 1300 BCE at the latest
1600 BCE–1300 BCE
Precision: open earlier bound
Chronology model: Salūt earlier-establishment possibility
lowThe site may have begun before approximately 1300 BCE, but the available statement does not provide a defensible narrower earlier start.
- supports · dates
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Water Harvesting and Management in the Ancient Oasis of Salūt (Bisya, Sultanate of Oman) — Michele Degli Esposti, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Zerboni (2025)Preserves the source’s earlier possibility without inventing a foundation date.
Locator: Chronological synthesis; possible earlier beginning before c. 1300 BCE
Interpretation and caveats
The secure editorial statement is a latest approximate establishment point, not an invented exact foundation year. An earlier-start alternative is preserved separately.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement establishment
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Salūt IA, Oman Hajar and interior oases
Why it matters to the timeline
The site is a key dated transition from Bronze Age to Early Iron Age oasis settlement in the requested Oman core.
Research notes
- Provides the terminus and the possibility of an earlier beginning. Role: dates. Locator: Chronological synthesis; statement that Salūt IA was established around 1300 BCE at the latest.
Evidence and sources
- supports · dates
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Water Harvesting and Management in the Ancient Oasis of Salūt (Bisya, Sultanate of Oman) — Michele Degli Esposti, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Zerboni (2025)Provides the terminus and the possibility of an earlier beginning.
Locator: Chronological synthesis; statement that Salūt IA was established around 1300 BCE at the latest
Referenced records
- Oman Hajar and interior oases · entity
- Date assertion for evt_salut_ia_established_by_1300 · date assertion
- Date assertion for evt_salut_ia_established_by_1300 · date assertion
- Salūt IA · entity