property · prop_network_not_bounded_state
Network, not bounded state
Marks a toponym or interaction model that should not be displayed as a fixed political polygon.
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 is used when evidence supports repeated contacts, source zones or named destinations but cannot define surveyed borders, continuous territory or one stable political organization.
Evidence and sources
- informs · critiques interpretation
Hatshepsut’s Punt Reliefs: Their Structure and Function — Filip Taterka (2019)Shows why royal reliefs are not cartographic evidence.
Locator: pp. 189–203 - supports · supports distribution
Mummified Baboons Reveal the Far Reach of Early Egyptian Mariners — Nathaniel J. Dominy, Salima Ikram, Gillian L. Moritz, Patrick V. Wheatley, John N. Christensen, Jonathan W. Chipman, Paul L. Koch (2020)Supports a broad region rather than a bounded state.
Locator: Broad isotope source zone