event · evt_srsc1_sevan_artsakh_to_lba_transition
Transition from Sevan–Artsakh traditions into Late Bronze regional systems
Middle Bronze regional classifications around Lake Sevan and the eastern highlands overlap with emerging Late Bronze fortress and cemetery traditions.
What is the evidence?
observation
Middle Bronze regional classifications around Lake Sevan and the eastern highlands overlap with emerging Late Bronze fortress and cemetery traditions.The broad overlap is plausible, but culture boundaries and absolute dates are not sufficiently 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.
1600 BCE–1400 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 regional framework.
Locator: Sevan–Artsakh and related 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 comparative material.
Locator: Middle-to-Late Bronze sequence
Interpretation and caveats
The event marks a debated classificatory transition. Modern names and borders are locators only, and no ethnic replacement is inferred.
Event context
Classification
Event type: regional archaeological transition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Sevan–Artsakh horizon, Lchashen–Metsamor horizon, Khojaly–Gadabay horizon
Why it matters to the timeline
The transition is needed to connect Lake Sevan, western Azerbaijan, and Kura-basin sequences without projecting modern borders.
Research notes
- Provides the regional framework. Role: dates and classifies. Locator: Sevan–Artsakh and related culture periodization.
- Provides legacy comparative material. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Middle-to-Late Bronze sequence.
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 regional framework.
Locator: Sevan–Artsakh and related 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 comparative material.
Locator: Middle-to-Late Bronze sequence
Referenced records
- Lchashen–Metsamor horizon · entity
- Sevan–Artsakh horizon · entity
- Khojaly–Gadabay horizon · entity