entity · people_ammonites
Ammonites
Also known as: People of Ammon
People associated with the Iron Age polity of Ammon; the label should not be projected onto all earlier central Transjordanian settlements.
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.
1000 BCE–500 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
Ammon — Randall W. Younker (2014)Summarizes archaeological and textual evidence.
Locator: Ammon overview - informs · proposes interpretation
The Ammonites: Elites, Empires, and Sociopolitical Change (1000-500 BCE) — Craig W. Tyson (2014)Models elite and polity formation.
Locator: chapters 1-3
Research description
People associated with the Iron Age polity of Ammon; the label should not be projected onto all earlier central Transjordanian settlements. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Ammon — Randall W. Younker (2014)Summarizes archaeological and textual evidence.
Locator: Ammon overview - informs · proposes interpretation
The Ammonites: Elites, Empires, and Sociopolitical Change (1000-500 BCE) — Craig W. Tyson (2014)Models elite and polity formation.
Locator: chapters 1-3
Referenced records
- Ammon highlands · entity