Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article and radiocarbon dataset
Publication: Radiocarbon, vol. 43, no. 3, 1353–1361

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date assertion Tihama coastal plain — date assertion
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir radiocarbon series
Dates part of the coastal sequence.
date assertion Ma’layba — date assertion
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples
Provides calibrated radiocarbon dates.
date assertion Sabir — date assertion
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Provides calibrated dates.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples
Provides calibrated radiocarbon support.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples
Provides calibrated radiocarbon support.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Provides the radiocarbon chronology.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Provides the radiocarbon chronology.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Provides the radiocarbon chronology.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Provides the radiocarbon chronology.
claim Bronze Age irrigation channels at Ma’layba are direct evidence for local highland water management but not evidence for a named Sabaean institution or a securely dated falaj.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · Ma’layba radiocarbon samples
Supports the Bronze Age date.
date assertion Sabir coastal settlement sequence — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Provides the radiocarbon chronology.
entity Ma’layba
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples
Provides calibrated radiocarbon dates.
event Bronze Age settlement and irrigation at Ma’layba
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples
Provides calibrated radiocarbon support.
event Sabir coastal settlement sequence
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Provides the radiocarbon chronology.
date assertion Bronze Age settlement and irrigation at Ma’layba — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Ma’layba samples
Provides calibrated radiocarbon support.
entity Tihama coastal plain
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir radiocarbon series
Dates part of the coastal sequence.
entity Sabir
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · pp. 1353–1361; Sabir samples
Provides calibrated dates.