Claim
Archaeologists identified Semiyarka as a 140-hectare planned settlement in northeastern Kazakhstan that thrived around 1600 BC.
Topics
Ancient · 1efd24fe Archaeology · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 2 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:7d9a9a11-f904-8b50-850c-e58c8f9091dc
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 0 of 4 review checks have been done.A quoted passage from antiquity.ac.uk was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: Antiquity reports a 140-hectare planned Semiyarka settlement in Kazakhstan flourishing around 1600 BC. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The excerpt directly states Semiyarka's 140-hectare size, planned-settlement character, northeastern Kazakhstan location, and flourishing around 1600 BC.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed, primary source reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 0 of 4 · stability MEDIUM · 2 sources, 1 independent lineage
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| ae875a7a support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation ARCHAEOLOGICAL 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
| 690d455e support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation ARCHAEOLOGICAL 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept ae875a7a) |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 1.800000 (the counted weights) = 1.800000 → probability 0.8581
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- “An Antiquity report says archaeologists identified Semiyarka, a 140-hectare Bronze Age settlement in Kazakhstan, with planned compounds and evidence of...” · 2 claims · 28 September 2026
Evidence for
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From “City of seven ravines”: Bronze Age metropolis unearthed in the Eurasian steppe Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The report directly states the settlement's size, location, planned form, and approximate date.
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From “City of seven ravines”: Bronze Age metropolis unearthed in the Eurasian steppe Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The passage bears directly on every element of the claim.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
None.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| da193347 | ae875a7a |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 0 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | no |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: Antiquity reports a 140-hectare planned Semiyarka settlement in Kazakhstan flourishing around 1600 BC. 460340c5
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. da193347
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found none. 9ad04d16
Review checks: 0 of 4. coverage:7d9a9a11-f904-8b50-850c-e58c8f9091dc
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 13107 | APPENDED | |
| 13108 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 13119 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 13134 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
Score trace
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