event · evt_srsc1_colchian_settlement_continuity
Colchian settlement continuity and regional reorganization
Western Georgian settlements show local development, agriculture, craft production, and changing settlement organization across the Late Bronze–Early Iron transition.
What is the evidence?
observation
Western Georgian settlements show local development, agriculture, craft production, and changing settlement organization across the Late Bronze–Early Iron transition.Continuity is supported at key settlements, but coverage is uneven and political organization is not directly known.
Inspect the sources →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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
moderatePreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Before Meeting the Greeks: Kutaisi Influence in Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Colchian Settlements — Jacek Hamburg, Marta Lorenzon (2022)Supports local development before Greek contact.
Locator: Settlement evidence and conclusions - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Provides regional settlement and chronology synthesis.
Locator: Chapter 10: Colchian culture
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence challenges a simple collapse narrative and precedes Greek colonial contact. It does not imply unbroken political unity or unchanged identity.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement continuity and reorganization
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Colchian archaeological tradition, Western Georgia and Colchian lowlands, Eastern Black Sea coastal interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
The event directly addresses western Georgia, eastern Black Sea settlement, agriculture, continuity, and exchange.
Research notes
- Supports local development before Greek contact. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Settlement evidence and conclusions.
- Provides regional settlement and chronology synthesis. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Chapter 10: Colchian culture.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Before Meeting the Greeks: Kutaisi Influence in Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Colchian Settlements — Jacek Hamburg, Marta Lorenzon (2022)Supports local development before Greek contact.
Locator: Settlement evidence and conclusions - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Provides regional settlement and chronology synthesis.
Locator: Chapter 10: Colchian culture