causal hypothesis · hyp_srsc1_continuity_selective_mobility
Local continuity with selective mobility and network reorganization
Many 1600–800 BCE transitions in the steppe and Caucasus are better modeled as local continuity combined with selective mobility, exchange, and institutional reorganization than as total population replacement.
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Research assessment
statement
Many 1600–800 BCE transitions in the steppe and Caucasus are better modeled as local continuity combined with selective mobility, exchange, and institutional reorganization than as total population replacement.mechanisms
- persistence of local settlement and production
- movement of individuals and small groups
- intermarriage and pastoral circulation
- selective adoption of technologies and styles
chronology test
Test whether well-stratified local sequences bridge proposed culture transitions and whether discontinuities are synchronous.geography test
Test whether mobility signals and imported materials form selective networks rather than uniform population replacement across mapped regions.supporting evidence
- Hasanlu continuity
- Colchian settlement continuity
- Kislovodsk upland use
- aDNA evidence for repeated gene flow rather than one Late Bronze replacement
important caveat
This model does not deny migration. It requires the scale, timing, and mechanism of movement to be demonstrated locally.Research description
This model does not deny migration. It requires the scale, timing, and mechanism of movement to be demonstrated locally.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
Hasanlu V: The Late Bronze and Iron I Periods — Michael D. Danti, Megan Cifarelli (contributor) (2013)Source linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_continuity_selective_mobility.
Locator: Stratigraphic continuity - supports · supports
Before Meeting the Greeks: Kutaisi Influence in Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Colchian Settlements — Jacek Hamburg, Marta Lorenzon (2022)Source linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_continuity_selective_mobility.
Locator: Colchian settlement development
Contradicting sources
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Other source context
- supports_with_caveat · supports and limits
Ancient Human Genome-Wide Data from a 3000-Year Interval in the Caucasus Corresponds with Eco-Geographic Regions — Chuan-Chao Wang, et al. (2019)Source linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_continuity_selective_mobility.
Locator: Long-term genetic structure and mobility - supports_with_caveat · supports and limits
The Genetic History of the Southern Arc: A Bridge between West Asia and Europe — Iosif Lazaridis, et al. (2022)Source linked to causal_hypothesis record hyp_srsc1_continuity_selective_mobility.
Locator: Repeated Southern Arc gene flow