Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Quaternary International, vol. 348, 147-157
Peer reviewed: Yes

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relationship Tasbas — located in — Zhetysu / Semirechye
Evidence confidence: high
informs · locates · Site location and regional setting
Provides the location.
event Local Late Bronze Age crop cultivation at Tasbas
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Phase 2a, 1490-1260 cal BCE and archaeobotanical results
Provides the crop and processing evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Phase 2a, 1490-1260 cal BCE and archaeobotanical results
Provides the crop and processing evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Phase 2a, 1490-1260 cal BCE and archaeobotanical results
Provides the crop and processing evidence.
causal hypothesis Recurrent highland-lowland social networks moved crops through the Tien Shan and Pamir-Alay before any historically documented Silk Road.
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides scientific evidence · Local cultivation and processing
Provides a later adoption case.
date assertion Local Late Bronze Age crop cultivation at Tasbas — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Phase 2a, 1490-1260 cal BCE and archaeobotanical results
Provides the crop and processing evidence.
entity Tasbas
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Phase 2a dates and archaeobotanical results
Provides local crop production evidence.
relationship Local Late Bronze Age crop cultivation at Tasbas — supports local adoption after — Foxtail millet reaches Surungur in the Pamir-Alay highlands
Evidence confidence: low
informs · provides scientific evidence · Tasbas local cultivation
Provides the later adoption evidence.
date assertion Tasbas — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides scientific evidence · Phase 2a dates and archaeobotanical results
Provides local crop production evidence.
claim The appearance of millet, wheat or barley in a new highland context demonstrates crop movement or cultivation, not a specific migrating people.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides scientific evidence · Local crop production
Shows cultivation after dispersal.