geography assertion · geo_desc_pontic_caspian
Geography assertion for geo_pontic_caspian_steppe_link
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
cross_regional_descriptorcoordinate status
no_geometrycoordinate confidence
lowvalid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 2200
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 800
explanation
A non-geometric descriptor for horse ancestry and steppe connections. It does not map a human migration or language territory.uncertainty warning
No geometry supplied because the source does not define defensible vertices or a fixed ancient boundary.Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes — Pablo Librado, Naveed Khan, Antoine Fages, Marie-Claude Bortolini, Anders Albrechtsen, et al. (2021)Supports the non-geometric spatial description.
Locator: DOM2 origin and spread discussion