entity · geo_xinjiang_eastern_tien_shan_link
Xinjiang and eastern Tien Shan connection frame
A comparative frame for metallurgy, ceramics, crops and mountain contacts east of the core republics.
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.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1800 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
moderateWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · contextualizes
Metallurgy at the Crossroads: New Analyses of Copper-based Objects at Tianshanbeilu, Eastern Xinjiang, China — Cheng Liu, Ruiliang Liu, Pengcheng Zhou, Chun Lu, Zengxin Yang, A. Mark Pollard, Peter Hommel, Jian Ma, Jianfeng Cui, Peter Bray, Jianyi Tong, Jessica Rawson (2020)Supports eastern interaction without prescribing a route.
Locator: Regional metallurgy and exchange discussion
Research description
Tianshanbeilu and related assemblages show connections with multiple regions, but not a single west-east highway. The frame separates technological resemblance from direct movement and mass-migration claims.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Metallurgy at the Crossroads: New Analyses of Copper-based Objects at Tianshanbeilu, Eastern Xinjiang, China — Cheng Liu, Ruiliang Liu, Pengcheng Zhou, Chun Lu, Zengxin Yang, A. Mark Pollard, Peter Hommel, Jian Ma, Jianfeng Cui, Peter Bray, Jianyi Tong, Jessica Rawson (2020)Supports eastern interaction without prescribing a route.
Locator: Regional metallurgy and exchange discussion
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for geo_xinjiang_eastern_tien_shan_link · geography assertion