event · evt_ayios_vasileios_destruction
Destruction at Ayios Vasileios
A destruction occurred at the palace centre before the terminal destruction of several better-known Mycenaean palaces.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Excavated destruction context
- Ceramic synchronisms
proposed causes
consequences
The relative sequence is secure, while absolute synchronism remains under discussion.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1270 BCE–1220 BCE
Precision: ceramic phase
moderatestratigraphy and ceramic synchronism
- informs · establishes
The Destruction at the Palace of Ayios Vasileios and Its Synchronisms — Adamantia Vasilogamvrou, Eleftheria Kardamaki, Nektarios Karadimas (2022)
Locator: chapter - informs · reviews
Getting Closer to the Late Bronze Age Collapse in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, c. 1200 BC — Guy D. Middleton (2024)
Locator: pp. 262–263
Event context
People and places
Locations: Ayios Vasileios
Affected entities: Mycenaean Palatial System, Ayios Vasileios
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Destruction Horizon
A stratigraphic horizon showing burning, collapse, damage, or other destruction-related evidence; it does not by itself identify an attacker or cause.
Why does this record have this property?
Destruction at Ayios Vasileios is represented as a destruction-related archaeological event; cause and synchronism are modeled separately.
Cause Unknown
The observed event is established more securely than its cause.
Why does this record have this property?
The event is better established than a single definitive cause or attacker identity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · establishes
The Destruction at the Palace of Ayios Vasileios and Its Synchronisms — Adamantia Vasilogamvrou, Eleftheria Kardamaki, Nektarios Karadimas (2022)Source relationship recorded for Destruction at Ayios Vasileios.
Locator: chapter - informs · reviews
Getting Closer to the Late Bronze Age Collapse in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, c. 1200 BC — Guy D. Middleton (2024)Source relationship recorded for Destruction at Ayios Vasileios.
Locator: pp. 262–263
Referenced records
- Mycenaean Palatial System · entity
- Ayios Vasileios · entity