event · evt_zawiyet_cereal_cultivation_and_local_interaction
Cereal cultivation and local interaction at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham
Grain-production and agrarian evidence occurs at an isolated Egyptian outpost in an environment requiring local ecological knowledge.
What is the evidence?
observation
Grain-production and agrarian evidence occurs at an isolated Egyptian outpost in an environment requiring local ecological knowledge.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.
1270 BCE–1200 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
Cereal cultivation and nomad-sedentary interactions at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham — Nielsen, Nicky (2017)Supports cultivation and the interaction model.
Locator: pp. 1561–1573; cultivation evidence and conclusions
Interpretation and caveats
Egyptian subsistence probably involved cooperation with local mobile or semi-mobile communities, though the precise labour arrangements and identities are not textually documented.
Event context
Classification
Event type: agrarian activity and cross community interaction
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, Late Bronze Age Marmaric coastal communities
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in Egypt and western frontier, Marmarica and Cyrenaica. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Alternative interpretations
- Fortress occupants may have carried out a larger share of cultivation directly than the preferred model assumes. (low confidence)
Research notes
- Supports cultivation and the interaction model. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 1561–1573; cultivation evidence and conclusions.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Cereal cultivation and nomad-sedentary interactions at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham — Nielsen, Nicky (2017)Supports cultivation and the interaction model.
Locator: pp. 1561–1573; cultivation evidence and conclusions
Referenced records
- Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham · entity
- Late Bronze Age Marmaric coastal communities · entity