geography assertion · geo_iron_i_highland_settlement_distribution_1200_1000
Geography assertion for place_central_highlands
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.
Geography and uncertainty
geometry type
dated_polygoncoordinate status
research_reconstructioncoordinate confidence
moderatereconstruction method
Conservative envelope around the central-hill-country concentration discussed in settlement surveys and syntheses; no modern boundary or biblical allotment line was used.valid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1200
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1000
explanation
Shows an approximate concentration of new and expanded Iron I settlements. It does not identify every inhabitant as Israelite and does not define an early state border.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 Iron I Settlement Wave in the Central Highlands of Canaan — Yuval Gadot (2019)Supports the broad survey-defined highland expansion and uneven settlement geography.
Locator: regional Iron I settlement-wave synthesis - informs · supports distribution
Ethnicity and Origin of the Iron I Settlers in the Highlands of Canaan: Can the Real Israel Stand Up? — Israel Finkelstein (1996)Supports the survey pattern while disputing a simple one-to-one ethnic identification.
Locator: highland settlement distribution and identity critique
Referenced records
- Central highlands · entity