geography assertion · geom_egyfull_early_state_nile_corridor
Geography assertion for pol_egyfull_early_nile_state
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_network_or_control_assertion_without_polygoncoordinate status
no_geometry_intentionally_suppliedcoordinate confidence
moderatereconstruction method
Evidence-linked network of named centres and relationship types. No polygon is supplied because a fixed defensible boundary is unavailable.valid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 3100
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 2686
explanation
Royal and administrative evidence supports a Nile-Delta network, but exact frontiers and intensity of control are not recoverable.uncertainty warning
Not a modern state border. Direct administration, claim, military reach, tribute, settlement and uncertainty are kept distinct.Evidence and sources
- supports · supports geographic assertion
An absolute chronology for early Egypt using radiocarbon dating and Bayesian statistical modelling — Michael W. Dee, David Wengrow, Andrew Shortland, Alice Stevenson, Fiona Brock, Linus Girdland Flink, Christopher Bronk Ramsey (2013)Supports named nodes, control distinctions and uncertainty.
Locator: Early Dynastic sequence and regional evidence
Referenced records
- Early dynastic Nile state · entity
- Abydos · entity
- Buto · entity
- Memphis · entity
- Saqqara · entity
- Elephantine · entity