entity · site_althiburos
Althiburos
An inland Tunisian settlement with early first-millennium evidence for mixed farming and husbandry.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1000 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Domestic patterns in the Numidian site of Althiburos (northern Tunisia): The results from a combined study of animal bones, dung and plant remains — Portillo, Marta, Valenzuela-Lamas, Silvia, Albert, Rosa M. (2012)Provides mixed farming evidence.
Locator: pp. 84–96; early occupation samples and discussion - informs · locates
Althiburos - Fej el Tamar — SIRAR, Universidad Carlos III de MadridProvides a representative archaeological-site point.
Locator: SIRAR Althiburos record
Research description
Althiburos provides indigenous inland evidence that is not reducible to coastal colonial settlement. Plant, animal, and dung remains indicate a full farming economy beginning near 1000 BCE and continuing beyond the project endpoint.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Domestic patterns in the Numidian site of Althiburos (northern Tunisia): The results from a combined study of animal bones, dung and plant remains — Portillo, Marta, Valenzuela-Lamas, Silvia, Albert, Rosa M. (2012)Provides mixed farming evidence.
Locator: pp. 84–96; early occupation samples and discussion - informs · locates
Althiburos - Fej el Tamar — SIRAR, Universidad Carlos III de MadridProvides a representative archaeological-site point.
Locator: SIRAR Althiburos record
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_althiburos · geography assertion