event · evt_utica_early_iron_metallurgy
Iron-working sector at Utica
An excavated sector preserves iron-metallurgical activity from the last quarter of the ninth into the beginning of the eighth century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
An excavated sector preserves iron-metallurgical activity from the last quarter of the ninth into the beginning of the eighth century BCE.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.
825 BCE–780 BCE
Precision: range
moderateThis assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.
- informs · dates
A Sector of Iron Metallurgy in Utica from the Last Quarter of the 9th and the Beginning of the 8th Century BC — Ben Jerbania, Imed (2024)Provides the workshop evidence and date.
Locator: pp. 153–185; metallurgical sector and chronology
Interpretation and caveats
The workshop documents continuity and craft specialization across the project boundary. It should not be projected backwards onto the earliest tenth-century settlement phase without evidence.
Event context
Classification
Event type: craft production
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Utica
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in Tunisia and central Maghreb, central Mediterranean connections. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Research notes
- Provides the workshop evidence and date. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 153–185; metallurgical sector and chronology.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
A Sector of Iron Metallurgy in Utica from the Last Quarter of the 9th and the Beginning of the 8th Century BC — Ben Jerbania, Imed (2024)Provides the workshop evidence and date.
Locator: pp. 153–185; metallurgical sector and chronology
Referenced records
- Utica · entity