Bronze Age World

Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Geography and uncertainty

geometry type

local_irrigation_descriptor

coordinate status

no_geometry

coordinate confidence

high

valid from

era: BCE
year: 1065

valid to

era: BCE
year: 825

explanation

A non-geometric descriptor for locally observed irrigation near the farmstead. It is not expanded to a valley-wide system.

uncertainty warning

No geometry supplied because the source does not define defensible vertices or a fixed ancient boundary.

Evidence and sources

informs · contextualizes
High-Altitude Agro-Pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: New Excavations of the Chap Farmstead (1065-825 cal BCE) — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Taylor Hermes, Elina Ananyevskaya, Mindaugas Grikpedis, Elise Luneau, Inga Merkyte, Lynne M. Rouse (2020)
Supports the non-geometric spatial description.

Locator: Excavated farmstead and local irrigation features

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Referenced records

Chap I farmstead · entity