event · evt_srsc1_karmir_berd_transition
Karmir Berd and related Middle-to-Late Bronze transition
Karmir Berd assemblages overlap with changing Middle Bronze traditions before mature Late Bronze fortress and cemetery systems.
What is the evidence?
observation
Karmir Berd assemblages overlap with changing Middle Bronze traditions before mature Late Bronze fortress and cemetery systems.The classificatory transition is real but precise dates and relations are not securely standardized.
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.
1700 BCE–1500 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
lowPreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- supports · dates and classifies
On the Issues of Chronology and Periodisation of the Armenian Middle Bronze Age Archaeological Cultures — Pavel S. Avetisyan (2017)Provides the label and proposed chronology.
Locator: Karmirberd culture periodization - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Southern Caucasus in Prehistory: Stages of Cultural and Socioeconomic Development from the Eighth to the Second Millennium B.C. — K. Kh. Kushnareva (1997)Provides legacy classification context.
Locator: Regional Middle and Late Bronze chapters
1800 BCE–1600 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: earlier karmir berd model
lowLegacy and regional schemes may place much of Karmir Berd earlier than the preferred transition range. This remains separate from the preferred display range.
- supports · dates and classifies
On the Issues of Chronology and Periodisation of the Armenian Middle Bronze Age Archaeological Cultures — Pavel S. Avetisyan (2017)Provides the label and proposed chronology.
Locator: Karmirberd culture periodization - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Southern Caucasus in Prehistory: Stages of Cultural and Socioeconomic Development from the Eighth to the Second Millennium B.C. — K. Kh. Kushnareva (1997)Provides legacy classification context.
Locator: Regional Middle and Late Bronze chapters
Interpretation and caveats
The event is a periodization bridge, not a discrete political event or ethnic migration.
Event context
Classification
Event type: archaeological culture transition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Karmir Berd tradition, Karmir Berd archaeological complex, Lchashen–Metsamor horizon
Why it matters to the timeline
Karmir Berd is named in the brief and is necessary for representing Trialeti successor debates.
Research notes
- Provides the label and proposed chronology. Role: dates and classifies. Locator: Karmirberd culture periodization.
- Provides legacy classification context. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Regional Middle and Late Bronze chapters.
Evidence and sources
- supports · dates and classifies
On the Issues of Chronology and Periodisation of the Armenian Middle Bronze Age Archaeological Cultures — Pavel S. Avetisyan (2017)Provides the label and proposed chronology.
Locator: Karmirberd culture periodization - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Southern Caucasus in Prehistory: Stages of Cultural and Socioeconomic Development from the Eighth to the Second Millennium B.C. — K. Kh. Kushnareva (1997)Provides legacy classification context.
Locator: Regional Middle and Late Bronze chapters
Referenced records
- Karmir Berd tradition · entity
- Lchashen–Metsamor horizon · entity
- Karmir Berd archaeological complex · entity