Bronze Age World

Reading ancient testimony

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Type: journal article and excavation report
Publication: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 52, 1–24

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date assertion Flag Fen Basin later Bronze Age wetland landscape — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
date assertion Flag Fen — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides evidence and date · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides evidence and date · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
date assertion Flag Fen timber complex construction and maintenance — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
property Exceptional wetland preservation
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
entity Flag Fen
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines or contextualizes · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
entity Flag Fen Basin later Bronze Age wetland landscape
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · defines or contextualizes · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
geography assertion Flag Fen Basin later Bronze Age wetland landscape — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: low
supports · locates or defines geometry · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Regional palaeolandscape maps and discussion.
geography assertion Flag Fen — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · locates or defines geometry · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Site location and excavation plan.
event Flag Fen timber complex construction and maintenance
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides evidence and date · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
property assignment Flag Fen Basin later Bronze Age wetland landscape — has analytical property — Research reconstruction, not a border
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports assignment · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
property assignment Flag Fen — has analytical property — Exceptional wetland preservation
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
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 · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
relationship Flag Fen — within archaeological search frame — Southern and eastern England archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
relationship Flag Fen — shares wetland landscape with — Must Farm
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
relationship Flag Fen — within reconstructed palaeolandscape — Flag Fen Basin later Bronze Age wetland landscape
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
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 · Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections
Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.