geography assertion · geo_desc_tien_shan
Geography assertion for geo_tien_shan_highlands
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
mountain_corridor_descriptorcoordinate status
no_geometrycoordinate confidence
moderatevalid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1600
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 800
explanation
A non-geometric mountain frame for high-altitude farms, pastures and passes. The evidence does not define one path or pastoral frontier.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: Landscape and high-altitude settlement discussion
Referenced records
- Tien Shan highlands and piedmonts · entity