Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 32, no. 3, 221-242
Peer reviewed: Yes

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entity Zhetysu / Semirechye
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · Regional setting and site-location discussion
Supports the Zhetysu research frame and long-term occupation.
date assertion Zhetysu / Semirechye — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · Regional setting and site-location discussion
Supports the Zhetysu research frame and long-term occupation.
geography assertion Zhetysu / Semirechye — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Regional setting and seasonal settlement interpretation
Supports the non-geometric spatial description.
geography assertion Begash — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Seasonal settlement interpretation
Supports the non-geometric spatial description.
relationship Begash — located in — Zhetysu / Semirechye
Evidence confidence: high
informs · locates · Site setting and map
Provides the regional location.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Occupation phases and calibrated chronology
Provides the long sequence and absence of prolonged abandonment.
entity Begash
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Stratigraphic phases and calibrated dates
Documents repeated occupation.
event Repeated occupation and reuse at Begash
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Occupation phases and calibrated chronology
Provides the long sequence and absence of prolonged abandonment.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Occupation phases and calibrated chronology
Provides the long sequence and absence of prolonged abandonment.
relationship Begash — documents — Central Asian oasis-steppe interfaces
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Long-term occupation and seasonal settlement
Provides the core evidence.
date assertion Repeated occupation and reuse at Begash — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Occupation phases and calibrated chronology
Provides the long sequence and absence of prolonged abandonment.
date assertion Begash — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Stratigraphic phases and calibrated dates
Documents repeated occupation.
claim Zhetysu and Semirechye are alternative regional names and should not produce duplicate geographic entities.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · contextualizes · Regional terminology and Begash setting
Uses the Semirechye regional research context.
claim Mobile pastoralism, seasonal settlement, farming and oasis residence formed overlapping strategies rather than two sealed populations.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Repeated seasonal settlement
Shows long-term flexible site use.
claim Fixed territorial polygons are usually inappropriate for mobile and seasonally mobile communities in this interval.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment and caveat · Seasonal settlement interpretation
Provides a localized mobility case.