geography assertion · geo_edom_arabah_copper_interaction_zone_1100_800
Geography assertion for place_negev_arabah
Review and provenance
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Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Geography and uncertainty
geometry type
dated_polygoncoordinate status
research_reconstructioncoordinate confidence
lowreconstruction method
Conservative industrial and interaction envelope joining Timna, Faynan, and intervening mobile corridors. It intentionally avoids mapping a maximal Edomite kingdom.valid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1100
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 800
explanation
Shows the broad industrial landscape and sphere of activity in which copper production, pastoral mobility, and later Edomite-associated polity formation interacted.uncertainty warning
This polygon is a conservative research envelope derived from published distributions and site evidence. It is not a surveyed frontier, tribal allotment, modern border, or claim of exclusive sovereignty.Evidence and sources
- informs · supports distribution
The Formation of Edom: A Critical Reassessment — Piotr Bienkowski (2022)Supports a non-state-first reconstruction of the southern Transjordanian landscape.
Locator: Edom formation and regional archaeology - informs · provides archaeological observation
High-Precision Radiocarbon Dating and Historical Biblical Archaeology in Southern Jordan — Thomas E. Levy, Thomas Higham, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, and collaborators (2008)Anchors the Faynan copper landscape.
Locator: industrial sites and high-precision radiocarbon sequence - informs · provides archaeological observation
Late Bronze Age Copper Production in Timna: New Evidence — Omri Yagel, Erez Ben-Yosef, Paul Craddock (2016)Anchors the western Arabah and demonstrates long-term production history.
Locator: Late Bronze production contexts - informs · supports distribution
The Southern Steppe of the Levant ca. 1050-750 BCE: A Framework for a Territorial History — Israel Finkelstein (2014)Supports mobile and networked interpretations of the region.
Locator: southern steppe territorial-history framework
Referenced records
- Negev and Arabah · entity