event · evt_srsc1_manas_group_continuity
Proposed continuity of the Manas group in the eastern Caucasus
Regional scholarship identifies material continuities associated with a Manas group across the Late Bronze–Early Iron transition.
What is the evidence?
observation
Regional scholarship identifies material continuities associated with a Manas group across the Late Bronze–Early Iron transition.The interpretation is important but taxonomically and chronologically less secure than the underlying sites.
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.
1300 BCE–900 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.
- proposes · proposes interpretation
Continuity of the Manas Group of Sites and Kayakent-Khorochoy Culture of the Bronze Age in the Northeast Caucasus — Gamzat D. Ataev, Tufan I. Akhundov (2022)Presents the continuity argument.
Locator: Comparative assemblage discussion and conclusions - contextualizes · contextualizes
On the Monuments of the Late Stage of the Kayakent-Khorochoy Culture of the North-Eastern Caucasus — Gamzat D. Ataev (2025)Provides neighbouring sequence context.
Locator: Late Kayakent–Kharachoi comparisons
Interpretation and caveats
The continuity model is retained as a source-attributed interpretation rather than a settled culture taxonomy or population identity.
Event context
Classification
Event type: archaeological continuity hypothesis
Evidence layer: modern interpretation
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Manas group, Kayakent–Kharachoi culture, North Caucasus and Ciscaucasia
Why it matters to the timeline
The event adds an underrepresented eastern North Caucasian local group discovered beyond the brief's named examples.
Research notes
- Presents the continuity argument. Role: proposes interpretation. Locator: Comparative assemblage discussion and conclusions.
- Provides neighbouring sequence context. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Late Kayakent–Kharachoi comparisons.
Evidence and sources
- contextualizes · contextualizes
On the Monuments of the Late Stage of the Kayakent-Khorochoy Culture of the North-Eastern Caucasus — Gamzat D. Ataev (2025)Provides neighbouring sequence context.
Locator: Late Kayakent–Kharachoi comparisons - proposes · proposes interpretation
Continuity of the Manas Group of Sites and Kayakent-Khorochoy Culture of the Bronze Age in the Northeast Caucasus — Gamzat D. Ataev, Tufan I. Akhundov (2022)Presents the continuity argument.
Locator: Comparative assemblage discussion and conclusions
Referenced records
- North Caucasus and Ciscaucasia · entity
- Kayakent–Kharachoi culture · entity
- Manas group · entity