entity · site_zinchecra
Zinchecra
An early oasis settlement in Wadi al-Ajal, Fezzan, with archaeobotanical evidence at the edge of the project interval.
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–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Garamantian Agriculture: The Plant Remains from Zinchecra, Fezzan — van der Veen, Marijke (1992)Provides early dates, cereals, and fruits.
Locator: pp. 7–39; radiocarbon table and plant-remain discussion - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides a representative site point.
Locator: Pleiades 354169
Research description
The earliest radiocarbon dates and plant remains indicate developed oasis agriculture beginning around 900 BCE. This record deliberately avoids calling the community a Garamantian state, because the mature Garamantian polity belongs mainly later.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Garamantian Agriculture: The Plant Remains from Zinchecra, Fezzan — van der Veen, Marijke (1992)Provides early dates, cereals, and fruits.
Locator: pp. 7–39; radiocarbon table and plant-remain discussion - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides a representative site point.
Locator: Pleiades 354169
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_zinchecra · geography assertion