Bronze Age World

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Type: peer-reviewed journal article
Publication: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, vol. 32, article 36
Peer reviewed: Yes

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relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · dates · c. 2200–1550 BCE study interval and regional discussion
Provides a late boundary for the archaeological system.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · dates · c. 2200–1550 BCE study interval and regional discussion
Provides a late boundary for the archaeological system.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · dates · c. 2200–1550 BCE study interval and regional discussion
Provides a late boundary for the archaeological system.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · dates · c. 2200–1550 BCE study interval and regional discussion
Provides a late boundary for the archaeological system.
date assertion Southeast Iberia and post-Argaric interaction frame — date assertion
informs · supports distribution · regional maps and discussion of northern Argaric fringes
Supports a source-bounded distributional, not political, frame.
date assertion Late El Argar — date assertion
informs · supports distribution · regional maps and c. 2200–1550 BCE discussion
Defines an archaeological distribution with explicit frontier cautions.
date assertion Terminal transformation of the Argaric institutional system — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · c. 2200–1550 BCE study interval and regional discussion
Provides a late boundary for the archaeological system.
relationship Post-Argaric systems — chronologically follows — Late El Argar
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · c. 2200–1550 BCE
Provides the conventional Argaric endpoint.
claim The terminal date of El Argar is best represented as a range around the mid-sixteenth century BCE, with regional residual or successor practices treated separately.
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · c. 2200–1550 BCE study range
Provides one widely used terminal boundary.
event Terminal transformation of the Argaric institutional system
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · c. 2200–1550 BCE study interval and regional discussion
Provides a late boundary for the archaeological system.
date assertion Terminal transformation of the Argaric institutional system — date assertion
Evidence confidence: low
supports · dates · See linked source chronology or phase model
Some post-Argaric chronologies allow selected terminal or residual practices after c. 1550 BCE; this is not the preferred system-wide range.
claim The release’s distribution polygons are dated research reconstructions, not fixed ancient borders.
Evidence confidence: near certain
supports · supports · regional distribution maps
Supports a bounded archaeological distribution.
claim El Argar is an archaeological system label, not a securely attested ancient self-designation or ethnicity.
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · supports · regional maps and terminology
Supports a bounded archaeological distribution.
property assignment Late El Argar — has evidence property — Archaeological label, not an ethnonym
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment and caveat · regional maps and terminology
Material and settlement patterns support the classification, but not a single ethnicity or fixed kingdom.
property Distribution is not a political territory
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports distribution · regional maps and frontier discussion
Provides a distributional frontier case.
entity Southeast Iberia and post-Argaric interaction frame
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports distribution · regional maps and discussion of northern Argaric fringes
Supports a source-bounded distributional, not political, frame.
entity Late El Argar
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports distribution · regional maps and c. 2200–1550 BCE discussion
Defines an archaeological distribution with explicit frontier cautions.
geography assertion Late El Argar — geography assertion
supports · supports distribution · regional maps and northern-fringe discussion
Provides the core and frontier distribution evidence.