entity · pol_edom
Edom
Also known as: Kingdom of Edom
Iron Age polity whose emergence is later and more complex than direct projection from twelfth- to tenth-century copper industries.
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.
900 BCE–500 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · proposes interpretation
The Formation of Edom: A Critical Reassessment — Piotr Bienkowski (2022)Provides current critical synthesis.
Locator: formation model and chronology
Research description
Iron Age polity whose emergence is later and more complex than direct projection from twelfth- to tenth-century copper industries. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Polity extent uncertain
A polity is historically supported but its direct-control boundary cannot be drawn precisely.
Why does this record have this property?
Later Edom should not be projected over earlier copper zones as one fixed territory.
- The Formation of Edom: A Critical Reassessment
critiques interpretation · formation reassessment
Evidence and sources
- informs · proposes interpretation
The Formation of Edom: A Critical Reassessment — Piotr Bienkowski (2022)Provides current critical synthesis.
Locator: formation model and chronology
Referenced records
- Edom highlands · entity