Original sentence: According to these scholars, direct literary, archaeological, and linguistic evidence to support Hammond's contention that a distinct Macedonian ethnos had existed in the Haliacmon valley since the Bronze Age is lacking.An alternative model of state and ethnos formation, promulgated by an alliance of regional elites, which redates the creation of the Macedonian kingdom to the 6th century BCE was proposed in 2010.Hammond's interpretation has been criticized as a "conjectural reconstruction" from what appears during later, historical times.Present-day scholars have highlighting several inconsistencies in the traditionalist perspective first set in place by Hammond
Edited sentence: For example, direct literary, archaeological, and linguistic evidence is lacking to support Hammond's contention that a distinct Macedonian ethnos had existed in the Haliacmon valley since the Bronze Age.Instead, an alternative model of state and ethnos formation, promulgated by an alliance of regional elites, has recently been postulated, which re-dates the creation of the Macedonian kingdom to the 6th century BCE.More recently, scholars have questioned the traditionalist perspective first set in place by Hammond, highlighting several inconsistencies.Rather, his interpretation has been criticized as a "conjectural reconstruction" from what appears during later, historical times