causal hypothesis · hyp_oasis_concentration_multicausal
Oasis concentration was multicausal
Growing first-millennium settlement and cultivation at Dakhla and Wadi al-Ajal resulted from water access, route position, local adaptation, and political or exchange opportunities rather than climate pressure alone.
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Growing first-millennium settlement and cultivation at Dakhla and Wadi al-Ajal resulted from water access, route position, local adaptation, and political or exchange opportunities rather than climate pressure alone.Evidence and sources
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Other source context
- informs · contextualizes
Mut el-Kharab — Dakhleh Oasis Project, Monash UniversitySupports Dakhla’s water and route advantages.
Locator: Well, route position, and long occupation - informs · contextualizes
The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II: The Third Intermediate Period in the Western Desert of Egypt — Long, Richard J. (2021)Supports local and central institutional factors.
Locator: Western Desert synthesis - informs · provides archaeological observation
Garamantian Agriculture: The Plant Remains from Zinchecra, Fezzan — van der Veen, Marijke (1992)Supports local oasis cultivation in Fezzan.
Locator: Agricultural remains and early dates