Bronze Age World

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Type: peer-reviewed journal article
Publication: Oxford Journal of Archaeology, vol. 27, no. 3, 241–259
Peer reviewed: Yes

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date assertion La Mancha and Meseta interaction frame — date assertion
informs · contextualizes · pp. 241–259
Defines the Motilla del Azuer evidence base.
date assertion Motilla del Azuer — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the excavated water and cereal evidence.
date assertion Motilla settlement system — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the best-documented site case.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the water-control and cereal-management evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the water-control and cereal-management evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides site-level chronology and function.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides site-level chronology and function.
entity La Mancha and Meseta interaction frame
Evidence confidence: high
supports · contextualizes · pp. 241–259
Defines the Motilla del Azuer evidence base.
date assertion Decline and abandonment of many motilla settlements — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · See linked source chronology or phase model
Some motilla occupations may continue toward c. 1350–1300 BCE; the system did not end everywhere on one date.
relationship Motilla del Azuer — exemplifies — Motilla settlement system
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the site evidence.
entity Motilla del Azuer
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the excavated water and cereal evidence.
entity Motilla settlement system
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the best-documented site case.
event Operation of Motilla del Azuer’s well, storage and settlement system
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the water-control and cereal-management evidence.
event Decline and abandonment of many motilla settlements
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides site-level chronology and function.
geography assertion Motilla settlement system — geography assertion
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the best-documented site within the distribution.
property Groundwater-management evidence
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides excavated well and management evidence.
date assertion Operation of Motilla del Azuer’s well, storage and settlement system — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides the water-control and cereal-management evidence.
date assertion Decline and abandonment of many motilla settlements — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 241–259
Provides site-level chronology and function.
claim Motilla del Azuer securely documents deliberate access to groundwater.
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · supports · pp. 241–259
Provides excavation evidence.
causal hypothesis Motilla hydraulic adaptation to water stress
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports · pp. 241–259
Provides storage and management evidence.
claim Association between motillas and the 4.2 ka climate event does not make drought a sufficient single cause of motilla formation or abandonment.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · pp. 241–259
Provides functional and social evidence beyond climate alone.
property assignment Motilla del Azuer — has evidence property — Fortified or enclosed settlement evidence
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · supports assignment and caveat · pp. 241–259
Architecture is secure; state-level control is not implied.