Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Antiquity, 1-19
Peer reviewed: Yes

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geography assertion Taldysai — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · locates · 48°20′41.38″N, 67°00′06.76″E
Provides the published site coordinate.
entity Sintashta-Petrovka legacy and comparison frame
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Petrovka phase and metallurgical sequence
Documents a Petrovka-related production phase at Taldysai.
entity Taldysai
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Site coordinates, stratigraphy and metallurgical results
Provides site, chronology and production evidence.
entity Alakul tradition
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Stratigraphy and ceramic phase attribution
Provides production contexts assigned to Alakul/Fedorovo traditions.
causal hypothesis Central Asian bronze production drew on several partly overlapping supply systems rather than one centrally controlled metal route.
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Production sequence and alloy evidence
Provides a workshop-scale comparison.
relationship Taldysai — has earlier phase — Sintashta-Petrovka legacy and comparison frame
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Petrovka phase in site sequence
Provides the phase attribution.
relationship Taldysai — has later phase — Alakul tradition
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Alakul/Fedorovo phase
Provides the later phase attribution.
date assertion Alakul tradition — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Stratigraphy and ceramic phase attribution
Provides production contexts assigned to Alakul/Fedorovo traditions.
date assertion Sintashta-Petrovka legacy and comparison frame — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Petrovka phase and metallurgical sequence
Documents a Petrovka-related production phase at Taldysai.
date assertion Taldysai — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Site coordinates, stratigraphy and metallurgical results
Provides site, chronology and production evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Stratigraphy, radiocarbon chronology and compositional results
Provides the full production sequence.
date assertion Sustained metal production at Taldysai — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Stratigraphy, radiocarbon chronology and compositional results
Provides the full production sequence.
event Sustained metal production at Taldysai
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Stratigraphy, radiocarbon chronology and compositional results
Provides the full production sequence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Stratigraphy, radiocarbon chronology and compositional results
Provides the full production sequence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Stratigraphy, radiocarbon chronology and compositional results
Provides the full production sequence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Stratigraphy, radiocarbon chronology and compositional results
Provides the full production sequence.
claim Russian, Soviet, local and international site-name variants must be preserved as aliases rather than treated as separate sites.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · contextualizes · Published Taldysai spelling
Provides one current form.
claim A site coordinate marks a research location, not the ancient settlement footprint, catchment, polity or cultural boundary.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · locates · Published degree-minute-second coordinate
Provides a site point.
claim Metal provenance can identify compatible ore-source zones but not the ethnicity, language or political identity of miners, smiths, traders or users.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Production sequence
Shows local manufacturing separate from ultimate ore and destination questions.