Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article and excavation report
Publication: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 58, 265–283

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date assertion Wales archaeological search region — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
date assertion Llwyn Bryn-dinas — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
date assertion Initial fortification at Llwyn Bryn-dinas — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
entity Wales archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
entity Llwyn Bryn-dinas
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
geography assertion Llwyn Bryn-dinas — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · locates or defines geometry · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Site location map and grid reference.
event Initial fortification at Llwyn Bryn-dinas
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides evidence and date · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
claim The approach to the Early Iron Age around 800 BCE was regionally variable and cannot be reduced to one island-wide technological switch.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.
relationship Llwyn Bryn-dinas — within archaeological search frame — Wales archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; pp. 265–283; fortification chronology
Dates the earliest fortification to the late ninth and eighth centuries BCE and separates it from much later metalworking.