causal hypothesis · hyp_chap_integrated_farming_persistence
Integrated crops, local irrigation and close caprine management supported persistent high-altitude residence at Chap I.
Integrated crops, local irrigation and close caprine management supported persistent high-altitude residence at Chap I.
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Research assessment
statement
Integrated crops, local irrigation and close caprine management supported persistent high-altitude residence at Chap I.mechanisms
- Combining plant production, water control and managed livestock reduces risk in a short growing season and supports repeated farmstead use.
chronology test
Crop processing, irrigation and animal-management evidence should be contemporaneous within occupation phases.geography test
Storage and architecture should support overwintering or recurrent long stays.supporting evidence
- Farmstead architecture and crop remains
- Local irrigation features
- Wool-oriented sheep management and diverse caprine diets
important caveat
Chronological and geographic overlap are necessary but not sufficient for causation.Research description
Chronological and geographic overlap are necessary but not sufficient for causation.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
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Other source context
- informs · provides archaeological observation
High-Altitude Agro-Pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: New Excavations of the Chap Farmstead (1065-825 cal BCE) — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Taylor Hermes, Elina Ananyevskaya, Mindaugas Grikpedis, Elise Luneau, Inga Merkyte, Lynne M. Rouse (2020)Provides the integrated system.
Locator: Farmstead, crops and irrigation - informs · provides scientific evidence
Specialized wool production economy of prehistoric farmstead of Chap I in the highlands of Central Tian Shan (Kyrgyzstan) — Elina Ananyevskaya, Michael Buckley, Manasij Pal Chowdhury, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute (2021)Adds herd specialization.
Locator: Wool-production evidence - informs · provides scientific evidence
Carbon and oxygen stable isotopic evidence for diverse sheep and goat husbandry strategies amid a Final Bronze Age farming milieu in the Kyrgyz Tian Shan — Taylor R. Hermes, Clemens Schmid, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute (2022)Adds husbandry diversity.
Locator: Incremental isotope results