event · evt_srsc1_sos_hoyuk_bronze_iron_transition
Bronze–Iron transition at Sos Höyük
Stratified occupation and archaeometric ceramics document local production and changing material traditions on the Erzurum Plain.
What is the evidence?
observation
Stratified occupation and archaeometric ceramics document local production and changing material traditions on the Erzurum Plain.The local sequence and ceramic production are well supported; cross-mountain movement remains an inference requiring material matches.
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–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 sequence
The Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition in Northeast Anatolia: A View from Sos Höyük — Antonio Sagona (1999)Provides the settlement transition framework.
Locator: Stratigraphic and chronological discussion - supports · provides archaeometric observation
Petrographic and Geochemical Investigations of the Late Prehistoric Ceramics from Sos Höyük, Erzurum (Eastern Anatolia) — Gubaz Mustafa Kibaroğlu, Antonio Sagona, Muharrem Satır (2011)Supports strong local ceramic production.
Locator: Petrographic and geochemical results - neutral_location · locates
Sos Höyük — Vici.orgProvides a representative point.
Locator: Vici record 27442
Interpretation and caveats
The site supports local household production and an Anatolian-Caucasian comparison. Its location does not prove it controlled a mountain corridor.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement and ceramic transition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: cross regional context
People and places
Locations: Sos Höyük, Northeastern Anatolia and upper Araxes
Why it matters to the timeline
Sos Höyük lies immediately west of the South Caucasus and materially tests exchange, continuity, and corridor assumptions across northeast Anatolia.
Research notes
- Provides the settlement transition framework. Role: provides archaeological sequence. Locator: Stratigraphic and chronological discussion.
- Supports strong local ceramic production. Role: provides archaeometric observation. Locator: Petrographic and geochemical results.
- Provides a representative point. Role: locates. Locator: Vici record 27442.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological sequence
The Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition in Northeast Anatolia: A View from Sos Höyük — Antonio Sagona (1999)Provides the settlement transition framework.
Locator: Stratigraphic and chronological discussion - supports · provides archaeometric observation
Petrographic and Geochemical Investigations of the Late Prehistoric Ceramics from Sos Höyük, Erzurum (Eastern Anatolia) — Gubaz Mustafa Kibaroğlu, Antonio Sagona, Muharrem Satır (2011)Supports strong local ceramic production.
Locator: Petrographic and geochemical results - neutral_location · locates
Sos Höyük — Vici.orgProvides a representative point.
Locator: Vici record 27442
Referenced records
- Sos Höyük · entity
- Northeastern Anatolia and upper Araxes · entity