Bronze Age World

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Type: academic monograph
Publication: Archaeopress
Peer reviewed: Yes

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claim Modern Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and neighbouring states are search frames and locators only, not ancient territories in this release.
Evidence confidence: near certain
informs · contextualizes · Cross-border eastern Sudan and Horn sequence
Provides an African example.
date assertion Eritrean highlands and coast — date assertion
informs · contextualizes · Chs. 5–8; eastern Sudan and Eritrean connections
Places the highlands and coast within northeast African networks.
property assignment Jebel Mokram Group — has property — Pastoral component
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · Jebel Mokram economy and settlement
Provides the regional model.
causal hypothesis Southern Red Sea interaction was multi-directional and socially negotiated
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Eastern Sudan network chapters
Provides inland African connections.
ranked model model_punt_eastern_sudan_corridor_rank3
Evidence confidence: low
informs · contextualizes · Eastern Sudan network chapters
Provides inland corridor context.
relationship Gash Group — located or analytically grouped within — Eastern Sudan and Nubia interaction zone
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Gash Group chapters and sequence tables
Provides the principal chronology and classification.
relationship Gash Group — located or analytically grouped within — Eritrean highlands and coast
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Gash Group chapters and sequence tables
Provides the principal chronology and classification.
relationship Jebel Mokram Group — located or analytically grouped within — Eastern Sudan and Nubia interaction zone
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Jebel Mokram sequence and regional setting
Defines the archaeological group.
relationship Jebel Mokram Group — located or analytically grouped within — Eritrean highlands and coast
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Jebel Mokram sequence and regional setting
Defines the archaeological group.
claim Changing isotope signatures and settlement patterns among Jebel Mokram communities indicate variable mobility, not a single mass-migration event.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · Jebel Mokram regional sequence
Provides the archaeological context.
claim South Arabian-Horn interaction is best reconstructed as multi-directional and socially negotiated, involving local African inland systems as well as cross-sea movement.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · Eastern Sudan connections
Provides African inland network evidence.
entity Eritrean highlands and coast
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Chs. 5–8; eastern Sudan and Eritrean connections
Places the highlands and coast within northeast African networks.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables and transition discussion
Provides the regional archaeological chronology.
date assertion Gash Group — date assertion
informs · dates · Gash Group chapters and sequence tables
Provides the principal chronology and classification.
date assertion Jebel Mokram Group — date assertion
informs · dates · Jebel Mokram sequence and regional setting
Defines the archaeological group.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables and transition discussion
Provides the regional archaeological chronology.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · dates · Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables and transition discussion
Provides the regional archaeological chronology.
causal hypothesis Jebel Mokram mobility was a flexible adaptation linking pastoral and exchange systems
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · Jebel Mokram settlement and pastoral discussion
Provides the regional model.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Jebel Mokram settlement, ceramic and subsistence chapters
Provides the regional sequence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Jebel Mokram settlement, ceramic and subsistence chapters
Provides the regional sequence.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Jebel Mokram settlement, ceramic and subsistence chapters
Provides the regional sequence.
date assertion Eastern Sudan and Nubia interaction zone — date assertion
informs · supports distribution · Chs. 4–8
Provides the principal regional sequence and connections.
event Transition from Gash to Jebel Mokram archaeological traditions
Evidence confidence: high
supports · dates · Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables and transition discussion
Provides the regional archaeological chronology.
claim The Gash Group is mainly an antecedent ending before the primary interval, while Jebel Mokram traditions are the more directly relevant eastern Sudan sequence for 1600–800 BCE.
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables
Provides the regional periodization.
relationship Gash Group — precedes — Jebel Mokram Group
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Sequence tables and transition discussion
Provides the chronological relationship.
date assertion Transition from Gash to Jebel Mokram archaeological traditions — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence tables and transition discussion
Provides the regional archaeological chronology.
entity Gash Group
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Gash Group chapters and sequence tables
Provides the principal chronology and classification.
entity Jebel Mokram Group
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Jebel Mokram sequence and regional setting
Defines the archaeological group.
event Jebel Mokram mobility and pastoral systems
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Jebel Mokram settlement, ceramic and subsistence chapters
Provides the regional sequence.
claim Eastern Sudan, highland agriculture, pastoral mobility and inland exchange must be treated as active systems in their own right rather than as passive extensions of external Red…
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Regional sequence and network chapters
Provides the inland archaeological framework.
date assertion Jebel Mokram mobility and pastoral systems — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides archaeological observation · Jebel Mokram settlement, ceramic and subsistence chapters
Provides the regional sequence.
claim Gash Group and Jebel Mokram Group are archaeological classifications, not direct ethnic or linguistic identities.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · provides archaeological observation · Gash and Jebel Mokram sequence chapters
Defines the archaeological classifications.
property assignment Gash Group — has property — Archaeological label, not ethnicity
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · Gash Group chapters
Provides the classification and chronology.
property assignment Jebel Mokram Group — has property — Archaeological label, not ethnicity
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports · Jebel Mokram sequence
Provides the classification.
entity Eastern Sudan and Nubia interaction zone
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports distribution · Chs. 4–8
Provides the principal regional sequence and connections.