event · evt_terramare_collapse
Collapse of the Terramare Settlement System
The dense Terramare settlement system ended, followed by major reorganization and depopulation in parts of the Po Valley.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Widespread settlement abandonment
- Changed demographic and land-use patterns
proposed causes
- environmental stress
- social reorganization
- resource pressure
- mobility
consequences
The regional transformation is clear, but its exact date and causal balance remain debated.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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.
1175 BCE–1125 BCE
Precision: regional archaeological range
moderatesettlement chronology and palaeoenvironmental comparison
- informs · reviews
Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition — Barry Molloy (2023)
Locator: Po Valley section - informs · supports
Mobile Elites at Frattesina: Flows of People in a Late Bronze Age ‘Port of Trade’ in Northern Italy — Claudio Cavazzuti, Andrea Cardarelli, Francesco Quondam, Luciano Salzani, Marco Ferrante, Stefano Nisi, Andrew R. Millard, Robin Skeates (2019)
Locator: regional background
Event context
People and places
Locations: Po Valley
Affected entities: Terramare Settlement System
Evidence and sources
- informs · reviews
Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition — Barry Molloy (2023)Source relationship recorded for Collapse of the Terramare Settlement System.
Locator: Po Valley section - supports · supports
Mobile Elites at Frattesina: Flows of People in a Late Bronze Age ‘Port of Trade’ in Northern Italy — Claudio Cavazzuti, Andrea Cardarelli, Francesco Quondam, Luciano Salzani, Marco Ferrante, Stefano Nisi, Andrew R. Millard, Robin Skeates (2019)Source relationship recorded for Collapse of the Terramare Settlement System.
Locator: regional background
Referenced records
- Po Valley · entity
- Terramare Settlement System · entity