Bronze Age World

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Type: academic monograph
Publication: University of Pennsylvania Press
Peer reviewed: Yes

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date assertion Moabites — date assertion
informs · contextualizes · polity-formation chapters
Separates settlement, hegemony, and state formation.
entity Moabites
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · polity-formation chapters
Separates settlement, hegemony, and state formation.
geography assertion Dhiban / Dibon — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · locates · Dhiban and Moabite polity synthesis
Supports identification and archaeological location of Dhiban / Dibon; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
event Iron I settlement growth on the Moab plateau
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · settlement and polity chapters
Provides state-formation model.
property assignment Moab — has property — Polity extent uncertain
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · proposes interpretation · hegemony model
Supports assignment.
ranked model Moab, Ammon, and Edom formation
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · Moab
Moab trajectory.
claim Moab, Ammon, and Edom emerged through different and uneven settlement and political trajectories rather than one synchronous Transjordanian state-formation event.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · Moab polity formation
Provides one trajectory.
entity Moab
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · hegemony and polity analysis
Provides cautious reconstruction.
date assertion Moab — date assertion
informs · proposes interpretation · hegemony and polity analysis
Provides cautious reconstruction.
date assertion Iron I settlement growth on the Moab plateau — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · settlement and polity chapters
Provides state-formation model.
entity Dhiban / Dibon
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Dhiban and Moabite polity synthesis
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
date assertion Dhiban / Dibon — date assertion
informs · provides archaeological observation · Dhiban and Moabite polity synthesis
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
relationship Dhiban / Dibon — located in — Moab plateau
Evidence confidence: high
informs · provides archaeological observation · Dhiban and Moabite polity synthesis
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
geography assertion Moab plateau — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: low
informs · supports distribution · regional archaeology and polity synthesis
Supports a plateau-centred settlement and polity-formation model with uncertain margins.