Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article and geoarchaeological study
Publication: Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 37, no. 6, 1305–1310

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relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · pp. 1305–1310; broad 2500–1000 cal BCE onset range
Provides the geoarchaeological date and its low resolution.
informs · provides archaeological observation · Palaeosol and irrigation-sediment results
Provides the direct evidence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · pp. 1305–1310; broad 2500–1000 cal BCE onset range
Provides the geoarchaeological date and its low resolution.
informs · provides archaeological observation · Palaeosol and irrigation-sediment results
Provides the direct evidence.
date assertion Ma'rib irrigation oasis antecedents — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · pp. 1305–1310; palaeosols and irrigation onset
Provides the geoarchaeological evidence and broad calibrated range.
event Early irrigation antecedents in the Ma'rib oasis landscape
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · pp. 1305–1310; broad 2500–1000 cal BCE onset range
Provides the geoarchaeological date and its low resolution.
supports · provides archaeological observation · Palaeosol and irrigation-sediment results
Provides the direct evidence.
date assertion Early irrigation antecedents in the Ma'rib oasis landscape — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · pp. 1305–1310; broad 2500–1000 cal BCE onset range
Provides the geoarchaeological date and its low resolution.
supports · provides archaeological observation · Palaeosol and irrigation-sediment results
Provides the direct evidence.
relationship Ma’layba — provides local antecedent for comparison with — Ma'rib irrigation oasis antecedents
Evidence confidence: low
supports · provides archaeological observation · Ma'rib cultivated soils and irrigation deposits
Provides the comparison sequence.
causal hypothesis Local Bronze Age irrigation antecedents enabled later highland and valley intensification
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · Early cultivated soils and irrigation deposits
Provides broad geoarchaeological evidence.
entity Ma'rib irrigation oasis antecedents
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 1305–1310; palaeosols and irrigation onset
Provides the geoarchaeological evidence and broad calibrated range.
relationship Ma'rib irrigation oasis antecedents — located or analytically grouped within — Yemen highlands
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · pp. 1305–1310; palaeosols and irrigation onset
Provides the geoarchaeological evidence and broad calibrated range.
property assignment Ma'rib irrigation oasis antecedents — has property — Water management without secure falaj attribution
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · pp. 1305–1310
Provides the broad onset range and soil evidence.