property assignment · PA-HATTUSA-ADMIN-ABANDONMENT
PA-HATTUSA-ADMIN-ABANDONMENT
The end of Hittite administration at Hattusa is better modeled as evacuation or abandonment followed by later burning than as one clean enemy sack.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: preferred interpretation. This is separate from specialist review.
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Research description
The chronological and urban evidence separates the withdrawal of the court and administration from later fire and reuse. This materially changes causal models that require a single invader to destroy the capital at one instant.
Evidence and sources
- informs · supports assignment
A new look at an ancient city: An outline of the chronological and urban development of the Hittite capital Hattusa — Andreas Schachner (2024) - informs · provides historical context
Severe multi-year drought coincident with Hittite collapse around 1198-1196 BC — Sturt W. Manning, Cindy Kocik, Brita Lorentzen, Jed P. Sparks (2023)
Referenced records
- Administrative abandonment · property
- Hattusa · entity