event · evt_srsc1_nakhchivan_fortress_landscape
Development of fortified settlement systems in Nakhchivan
Survey and excavation identify multiple fortified centres positioned within agricultural basins and mountain landscapes by the Early Iron Age.
What is the evidence?
observation
Survey and excavation identify multiple fortified centres positioned within agricultural basins and mountain landscapes by the Early Iron Age.The settlement pattern is documented, while political integration and chronology before 900 BCE remain incomplete.
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 · supports distribution and interpretation
Highland Fortress-Polities and Their Settlement Systems in the Southern Caucasus — Emily Hammer (2014)Models highland fortress-polities and their settlement systems.
Locator: Settlement-system analysis and conclusions - supports · provides archaeological observation
On the Edge of Empire: 2008 and 2009 Excavations at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan — Lauren Ristvet, Hilary Gopnik, Veli Bakhshaliyev, Hannah Lau, Safar Ashurov, Robert Bryant (2012)Provides a local excavated anchor.
Locator: Survey of neighbouring fortresses and earliest Oğlanqala phase
Interpretation and caveats
The pattern supports a fortress landscape, but not a single polity, fixed territorial boundary, or automatic control of every pass.
Event context
Classification
Event type: fortress landscape development
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Nakhchivan Late Bronze–Early Iron Age fortress and cemetery assemblages, Nakhchivan and middle Araxes corridor, Oğlanqala
Why it matters to the timeline
Nakhchivan sites, fortress systems, agriculture, passes, and Iranian-Anatolian connections are explicit priorities.
Research notes
- Models highland fortress-polities and their settlement systems. Role: supports distribution and interpretation. Locator: Settlement-system analysis and conclusions.
- Provides a local excavated anchor. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Survey of neighbouring fortresses and earliest Oğlanqala phase.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports distribution and interpretation
Highland Fortress-Polities and Their Settlement Systems in the Southern Caucasus — Emily Hammer (2014)Models highland fortress-polities and their settlement systems.
Locator: Settlement-system analysis and conclusions - supports · provides archaeological observation
On the Edge of Empire: 2008 and 2009 Excavations at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan — Lauren Ristvet, Hilary Gopnik, Veli Bakhshaliyev, Hannah Lau, Safar Ashurov, Robert Bryant (2012)Provides a local excavated anchor.
Locator: Survey of neighbouring fortresses and earliest Oğlanqala phase