authoritative_project_summary · src_cologne_wadi_howar_project
Wadi Howar: Settlement Area and Thoroughfare at the Southern Margin of the Libyan Desert
University of Cologne ACACIA Project A2
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- University of Cologne
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- date assertion Lower Wadi Howar shifts from settlement area toward intermittent thoroughfare use — date assertionEvidence confidence: lowinforms · dates · Project synthesis; Lower Wadi Howar no longer permanent settlement but still a thoroughfare
Supports the mobility shift.
- date assertion Handessi Horizon adaptation to increasing aridity — date assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · dates · Handessi Horizon and settlement-shift discussion
Provides livestock and settlement adaptation evidence.
- causal hypothesis Aridification contributed to Wadi Howar mobility reorganizationEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · Handessi Horizon and Lower Wadi Howar settlement discussion
Links increasing aridity to herd and settlement changes.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Handessi Horizon and settlement-shift discussion
Provides livestock and settlement adaptation evidence.
- event Handessi Horizon adaptation to increasing aridityEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Handessi Horizon and settlement-shift discussion
Provides livestock and settlement adaptation evidence.
- entity Handessi Horizon communitiesEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · supports distribution · Project cultural sequence; Handessi Horizon section
Provides the ceramic horizon, livestock shift, and settlement response.
- date assertion Handessi Horizon communities — date assertioninforms · supports distribution · Project cultural sequence; Handessi Horizon section
Provides the ceramic horizon, livestock shift, and settlement response.
- event Lower Wadi Howar shifts from settlement area toward intermittent thoroughfare useEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · supports distribution · Project synthesis; Lower Wadi Howar no longer permanent settlement but still a thoroughfare
Supports the mobility shift.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · supports distribution · Project synthesis; Lower Wadi Howar no longer permanent settlement but still a thoroughfare
Supports the mobility shift.
- relationship Handessi Horizon communities — used — Geography assertion for arch_handessi_horizon_communitiesEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · supports distribution · Handessi Horizon and Lower Wadi Howar sections
Provides the broad distribution and mobility pattern.
- geography assertion Handessi Horizon communities — geography assertioninforms · supports distribution · Lower Wadi Howar and Handessi Horizon discussion
Supports use as a broad settlement and movement landscape.
- claim Wadi Howar can be represented as a broad interaction and movement corridor, but not as a precisely traced Bronze Age commercial road.Evidence confidence: highsupports · supports · Lower Wadi Howar thoroughfare discussion
Supports continued traversal after permanent settlement declined.
- claim Mobile pastoral populations are likely underrepresented by settlement-focused archaeological datasets.Evidence confidence: highsupports · supports · Settlement intensity and mobility sequence
Provides a landscape-scale example of changing mobility.