property · prop_chronology_contested
Chronology contested
Marks a record whose earliest date, phase boundaries or synchronisms remain materially disputed.
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.
Research description
The property signals that the website should expose alternative assertions rather than average dates or silently adopt traditional high chronologies.
Evidence and sources
- informs · critiques interpretation
Relations between Southern Arabia and the Northern Horn of Africa during the Last Millennium BC — David W. Phillipson (2011)Shows chronological and political uncertainty around Dʿmt and South Arabian interaction.
Locator: pp. 257–267 - supports · dates
The City-States of the Jawf at the Dawn of Ancient South Arabian History (8th–6th Centuries BCE), I: From Cities to Kingdoms — Mounir Arbach (2022)Provides the current low chronology for early Jawf history.
Locator: Introduction and chronological reconstruction