event · evt_zinchecra_early_oasis_agriculture
Early agriculture at Zinchecra
The earliest radiocarbon determinations and plant remains indicate cultivation of three cereal and three fruit taxa beginning near 900 BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
The earliest radiocarbon determinations and plant remains indicate cultivation of three cereal and three fruit taxa beginning near 900 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.
900 BCE–800 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
Garamantian Agriculture: The Plant Remains from Zinchecra, Fezzan — van der Veen, Marijke (1992)Provides the early agricultural evidence.
Locator: pp. 7–39; radiocarbon dates and plant assemblage
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence marks developed oasis agriculture at the project boundary, but the political organization should not be labelled the mature Garamantian state without later evidence.
Event context
Classification
Event type: oasis agricultural development
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Zinchecra, Early Wadi al-Ajal oasis communities
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in Fezzan and central Sahara. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Research notes
- Provides the early agricultural evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 7–39; radiocarbon dates and plant assemblage.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Garamantian Agriculture: The Plant Remains from Zinchecra, Fezzan — van der Veen, Marijke (1992)Provides the early agricultural evidence.
Locator: pp. 7–39; radiocarbon dates and plant assemblage
Referenced records
- Early Wadi al-Ajal oasis communities · entity
- Zinchecra · entity