geography assertion · geom_lower_wadi_howar_interaction_zone
Geography assertion for arch_handessi_horizon_communities
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. 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
interaction_zone_polygoncoordinate status
research_reconstructioncoordinate confidence
lowreconstruction method
Axis-aligned polygon drawn directly from the published latitude and longitude bounds of Kröpelin’s lower Wadi Howar study area. No modern national boundary or inferred political frontier was used.valid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1600
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1000
explanation
A rectangular research reconstruction using the published lower Wadi Howar study-area bounds. It represents an environmental and interaction study zone, not a cultural frontier or political territory.uncertainty warning
Low boundary confidence. The rectangle is a research-area proxy for a broad environmental and interaction landscape, not a surveyed ancient border.Evidence and sources
- informs · defines boundary
Zur Rekonstruktion der spätquartären Umwelt am Unteren Wadi Howar — Kröpelin, Stefan (1993)Defines the bounding extent used for this cautious reconstruction.
Locator: Abstract and study-area bounds, 17°20′–18°20′N and 27°25′–30°50′E - informs · supports distribution
Wadi Howar: Settlement Area and Thoroughfare at the Southern Margin of the Libyan Desert — University of Cologne ACACIA Project A2Supports use as a broad settlement and movement landscape.
Locator: Lower Wadi Howar and Handessi Horizon discussion
Referenced records
- Handessi Horizon communities · entity