Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

900 BCE–800 BCE

Precision: approximate

  • informs · provides archaeological observation
    The Phoenician diaspora in the westernmost Mediterranean: recent discoveries — José Suárez-Padilla, Víctor Jiménez-Jáimez, José L. Caro (2021)

    Provides early settlement and Bayesian chronological evidence.


    Locator: pp. 1495–1510
  • informs · contextualizes
    Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco — Hamza Benattia, Youssef Bokbot, Jorge Onrubia-Pintado, Meryem Benerradi, Bouchra Bougariane, Bouchra Bouhamidi, Jared Carballo-Pérez, Othman Echcherif-Baamrani, Asmae Elqably, Noufel Ghayati, Hassan Hachami, Mohamed Kbiri-Alaoui, Raluca Lazarescu, Lorena Lombardi, Giulio Lucarini, Rafael M. Martínez-Sánchez, Marta Mateu-Sagés, Pau Menéndez-Molist, Ignacio Montero-Ruiz, Zayd Ouakrim, Guillem Pérez-Jordà, Moad Radi, Joan Ramon-Torres, Eric Sobrevia-Corral, Tachfine Touri, Cyprian Broodbank (2025)

    Provides a nearby indigenous settlement sequence with strong local continuity.


    Locator: pp. 354–374

Research description

The model preserves local agency and does not assume that every imported object marks a merchant, colony or migrant household.

Properties and assignments

A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.

Early colonial-contact phase
What does this label mean?

A dated context involving local communities and material or residents associated with an expanding colonial network.

Full property definition

Why does this record have this property?

The form of residence and interaction varies by site.

highStatus: proposed
Local agency in interaction
What does this label mean?

Local communities selected, transformed or rejected external materials and practices.

Full property definition

Why does this record have this property?

Imported goods and residents entered pre-existing local landscapes.

highStatus: proposed

Evidence and sources

  • supports · provides archaeological observation
    The Phoenician diaspora in the westernmost Mediterranean: recent discoveries — José Suárez-Padilla, Víctor Jiménez-Jáimez, José L. Caro (2021)

    Provides early settlement and Bayesian chronological evidence.


    Locator: pp. 1495–1510
  • supports · contextualizes
    Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco — Hamza Benattia, Youssef Bokbot, Jorge Onrubia-Pintado, Meryem Benerradi, Bouchra Bougariane, Bouchra Bouhamidi, Jared Carballo-Pérez, Othman Echcherif-Baamrani, Asmae Elqably, Noufel Ghayati, Hassan Hachami, Mohamed Kbiri-Alaoui, Raluca Lazarescu, Lorena Lombardi, Giulio Lucarini, Rafael M. Martínez-Sánchez, Marta Mateu-Sagés, Pau Menéndez-Molist, Ignacio Montero-Ruiz, Zayd Ouakrim, Guillem Pérez-Jordà, Moad Radi, Joan Ramon-Torres, Eric Sobrevia-Corral, Tachfine Touri, Cyprian Broodbank (2025)

    Provides a nearby indigenous settlement sequence with strong local continuity.


    Locator: pp. 354–374

Where to go next

Referenced records