Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article and landscape survey
Publication: Antiquity, vol. First View, 1–18

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date assertion Northern Ireland archaeological search region — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
date assertion Haughey's Fort — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
date assertion King's Stables — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
date assertion Foundation and expansion of Haughey's Fort — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
date assertion Later Bronze Age construction and deposition at King's Stables — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
date assertion Foundation and expansion of Haughey's Fort — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
entity King's Stables
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
entity Northern Ireland archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
entity Haughey's Fort
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
geography assertion Haughey's Fort — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · locates or defines geometry · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Site plan, geophysical survey and landscape map.
geography assertion King's Stables — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: low
supports · locates or defines geometry · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Navan landscape map and site discussion.
event Foundation and expansion of Haughey's Fort
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
event Later Bronze Age construction and deposition at King's Stables
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
claim Haughey's Fort was an exceptionally large enclosed later Bronze Age settlement with craft and communal activity.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
claim Population estimates for later Bronze Age Britain and Ireland remain low precision and should not be inferred directly from site counts or enclosure area.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
claim Describing Haughey's Fort as proto-urban is a productive hypothesis rather than a directly observed social category.
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports claim · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
claim Changes near 1200 BCE in Britain and Ireland were asynchronous and locally distinct rather than one synchronous island-wide collapse.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship Haughey's Fort — within archaeological search frame — Northern Ireland archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship King's Stables — within archaeological search frame — Northern Ireland archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship Haughey's Fort — spatially and chronologically associated with — King's Stables
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
relationship Foundation and expansion of Haughey's Fort — contradicts general model — Synchronous 1200 BCE collapse or invasion model
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
causal hypothesis Synchronous 1200 BCE collapse or invasion model
Unsupported explanationConfidence in this assessment: very lowConfidence in this assessment, not in the proposed story
supports · tests hypothesis · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.
causal hypothesis Regionally asynchronous continuity and reorganization model
Evidence confidence: high
supports · tests hypothesis · Abstract; Bronze Age Navan; Creeveroe; Haughey's Fort; King's Stables; conclusion
Combines lidar, geophysics, excavation and archival reassessment to reconstruct the scale and functions of Haughey's Fort and adjacent monuments.