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.

Model comparison

models

  • name
    Uneven institutional dissolution and regional reorganization
    rank
    1
    reason
    Fits the mid-sixteenth-century termination of system-level practices and varied successor sequences without requiring one cause.
    status
    preferred
    confidence
    moderate
  • name
    Internal conflict or social revolt as a major contributor
    rank
    2
    reason
    Inequality makes conflict plausible, but a synchronous archaeologically diagnostic revolt is not demonstrated.
    status
    plausible_component
    confidence
    low
  • name
    Climate or agrarian stress as a primary driver
    rank
    3
    reason
    Agrarian organization mattered, but no single regional climate signal is shown to cause the system-wide end.
    status
    possible_component
    confidence
    low
  • name
    External invasion or population replacement
    rank
    4
    reason
    Material change alone does not establish a coherent incoming population or invasion horizon.
    status
    not_preferred
    confidence
    very_low

Evidence and sources

Where to go next

Referenced records