geography assertion · geo_site_timna_valley
Geography assertion for site_timna_valley
Also known as: Wadi Timna
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
site_pointcoordinate status
source_checked_representative_pointcoordinate confidence
moderatereconstruction method
Representative point transcribed from published site location and cross-checked against the Pleiades scholarly gazetteer where available; rounded to four decimal places.valid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1600
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 800
explanation
The point marks the archaeological site or tell conventionally identified as Timna Valley. It does not represent the settlement footprint, municipal boundary, or ancient territory.uncertainty warning
The point is a map locator. Ancient occupation may cover a larger mound, lower city, harbour, cemetery, or dispersed landscape, and contested identifications remain source-dependent.Evidence and sources
- informs · locates
Late Bronze Age Copper Production in Timna: New Evidence — Omri Yagel, Erez Ben-Yosef, Paul Craddock (2016)Supports identification and archaeological location of Timna Valley; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
Locator: Late Bronze production contexts - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides an independent ancient-place orientation where a corresponding or nearby place record is available; coordinates are rounded to four decimal places.
Locator: Gazetteer search/place record for Timna Valley; representative point cross-check, accessed 2026-08-12
Referenced records
- Timna Valley · entity
- Negev and Arabah · entity