Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 39, no. 1, 32-50
Peer reviewed: Yes

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entity Central Asian oasis-steppe interfaces
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · Site interpretation and oasis-mobile interaction discussion
Provides a direct case of mobile and oasis technologies intertwining.
date assertion Central Asian oasis-steppe interfaces — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · Site interpretation and oasis-mobile interaction discussion
Provides a direct case of mobile and oasis technologies intertwining.
geography assertion Central Asian oasis-steppe interfaces — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Ojakly and oasis-mobile interaction
Supports the non-geometric spatial description.
event BMAC to post-BMAC reorganization in Bactria and Margiana
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Mobile occupation during the transition
Documents continuity and interaction outside urban centers.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Mobile occupation during the transition
Documents continuity and interaction outside urban centers.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Mobile occupation during the transition
Documents continuity and interaction outside urban centers.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Mobile occupation during the transition
Documents continuity and interaction outside urban centers.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Mobile occupation during the transition
Documents continuity and interaction outside urban centers.
event Mobile pastoralist occupation and ceramic production at Ojakly
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Excavation, chronology and mobile-site interpretation
Provides the primary evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Excavation, chronology and mobile-site interpretation
Provides the primary evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Excavation, chronology and mobile-site interpretation
Provides the primary evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Excavation, chronology and mobile-site interpretation
Provides the primary evidence.
relationship Ojakly — documents — Post-BMAC Murghab communities
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Chronology and interpretation
Provides the direct case.
date assertion Mobile pastoralist occupation and ceramic production at Ojakly — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Excavation, chronology and mobile-site interpretation
Provides the primary evidence.
date assertion Post-BMAC Murghab communities — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Site chronology and interpretation
Documents mobile pastoral activity during the transition.
date assertion Ojakly — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Excavation, chronology and mobile-site interpretation
Provides the primary evidence.
date assertion BMAC to post-BMAC reorganization in Bactria and Margiana — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Mobile occupation during the transition
Documents continuity and interaction outside urban centers.
entity Post-BMAC Murghab communities
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Site chronology and interpretation
Documents mobile pastoral activity during the transition.
entity Ojakly
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Excavation, chronology and mobile-site interpretation
Provides the primary evidence.
causal hypothesis Repeated contact at oasis-steppe interfaces transmitted ceramic production knowledge without requiring mass population replacement.
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · Mobile settlement, kiln and interaction interpretation
Provides the archaeological case.
claim Evidence for seasonal or individual mobility is not equivalent to evidence for mass migration.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Mobile occupation
Provides a case of mobility without a mass-migration claim.
claim Oasis settlement contraction does not establish complete regional abandonment.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Mobile settlement evidence
Shows activity that urban-centered surveys can undercount.
claim Mobile pastoralism, seasonal settlement, farming and oasis residence formed overlapping strategies rather than two sealed populations.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Mobile site and kiln
Shows mobile-oasis technological interaction.
claim The BMAC to post-BMAC transition was an uneven reorganization rather than one simultaneous collapse across Bactria and Margiana.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Ojakly chronology and oasis-mobile interaction
Documents activity during the transition.
claim Areas without securely dated points in this package must not be presented as uninhabited.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Low-visibility mobile site
Shows settlement forms easily omitted by urban-centered mapping.
claim Ojakly demonstrates that mobile pastoralists and oasis communities shared and transmitted technologies.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Mobile settlement and kiln
Provides the direct case.
claim Fixed territorial polygons are usually inappropriate for mobile and seasonally mobile communities in this interval.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment and caveat · Mobile site interpretation
Provides an oasis-interface case.