event · evt_srsc1_koban_metallurgical_mortuary_systems
Koban mortuary and metallurgical systems in the early first millennium BCE
Rich metal assemblages, changing burial costume, and regional cemetery traditions characterize Koban communities before 800 BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Rich metal assemblages, changing burial costume, and regional cemetery traditions characterize Koban communities before 800 BCE.The material evidence is abundant, while social and ethnic interpretation remains separate.
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.
1100 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
highPreferred 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
Traditions in Transition: Some Thoughts on Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Burial Costumes from the Northern Caucasus — Sabine Reinhold (2003)Documents changing mortuary assemblages.
Locator: Burial costume typology and chronological discussion - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Synthesizes Koban metallurgy, settlement, and burial evidence.
Locator: Chapter 9
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence supports skilled metallurgy and differentiated mortuary practice, not a homogeneous warrior ethnicity or state.
Event context
Classification
Event type: mortuary and metallurgical development
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Koban culture, North Caucasus and Ciscaucasia
Why it matters to the timeline
The event directly addresses Koban early phases, metallurgy, cemeteries, and social differentiation.
Research notes
- Documents changing mortuary assemblages. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Burial costume typology and chronological discussion.
- Synthesizes Koban metallurgy, settlement, and burial evidence. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Chapter 9.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Traditions in Transition: Some Thoughts on Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Burial Costumes from the Northern Caucasus — Sabine Reinhold (2003)Documents changing mortuary assemblages.
Locator: Burial costume typology and chronological discussion - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Synthesizes Koban metallurgy, settlement, and burial evidence.
Locator: Chapter 9
Referenced records
- North Caucasus and Ciscaucasia · entity
- Koban culture · entity