event · evt_srsc1_lower_don_kobiakovo_transition
Kobiakovo-phase reconfiguration on the lower Don
Lower Don settlements and cemeteries assigned to the Kobiakovo culture mark a transition from final Bronze Age into early Iron Age systems.
What is the evidence?
observation
Lower Don settlements and cemeteries assigned to the Kobiakovo culture mark a transition from final Bronze Age into early Iron Age systems.The transition is secure as a regional archaeological phenomenon, but dates and migration mechanisms require renewed site-level work.
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.
1200 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
The Closing Phase of the Late Bronze Age on the Lower Don (Sites of the Kobiakovo Culture) — E. S. Sharafutdinova (1975)Defines the legacy sequence and migration interpretation.
Locator: Site catalogue and cultural synthesis - contradicts_or_criticizes · critiques or updates interpretation
Archaeological and Anthropological Aspects of the Study of the Pre-Scythian Burials from the Volga-Don Interfluve — Mariya A. Balabanova, Alexander N. Dyachenko (2024)Provides a recent reassessment of population and culture change.
Locator: Regional pre-Scythian synthesis
Interpretation and caveats
Local reorganization, interaction, and selective mobility are preferable as open alternatives to the older default of wholesale population replacement.
Event context
Classification
Event type: regional archaeological transition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Kobiakovo culture, Kobyakovo lower Don site cluster, Lower Don and Kuban interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
The event is the principal lower Don/Kuban final Bronze–Early Iron transition required by the regional brief.
Research notes
- Defines the legacy sequence and migration interpretation. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Site catalogue and cultural synthesis.
- Provides a recent reassessment of population and culture change. Role: critiques or updates interpretation. Locator: Regional pre-Scythian synthesis.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
The Closing Phase of the Late Bronze Age on the Lower Don (Sites of the Kobiakovo Culture) — E. S. Sharafutdinova (1975)Defines the legacy sequence and migration interpretation.
Locator: Site catalogue and cultural synthesis - contradicts_or_criticizes · critiques or updates interpretation
Archaeological and Anthropological Aspects of the Study of the Pre-Scythian Burials from the Volga-Don Interfluve — Mariya A. Balabanova, Alexander N. Dyachenko (2024)Provides a recent reassessment of population and culture change.
Locator: Regional pre-Scythian synthesis
Referenced records
- Lower Don and Kuban interaction zone · entity
- Kobiakovo culture · entity
- Kobyakovo lower Don site cluster · entity