event · evt_beth_shean_garrison_aftermath
Egyptian garrison continuity and aftermath at Beth-Shean
Levels VI and Late VI preserve the final phases of the Egyptian garrison town and its local aftermath through the transition from the thirteenth into the eleventh century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Levels VI and Late VI preserve the final phases of the Egyptian garrison town and its local aftermath through the transition from the thirteenth into the eleventh century BCE.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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.
1200 BCE–1100 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
moderateThe final report covers Levels VII, VI, and Late VI across the thirteenth to eleventh centuries. This assertion isolates the crisis and aftermath window without claiming one exact withdrawal year.
- informs · dates
Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean 1989-1996, Volume III: The 13th-11th Century BCE Strata in Areas N and S — Panitz-Cohen, Nava, Mazar, Amihai (2009)Provides the phase sequence and broad chronological span.
Locator: Overview; Levels VII, VI, and Late VI
Interpretation and caveats
Egyptian institutional and material traditions persisted locally after political conditions elsewhere in Canaan had already changed. The end of direct rule should not be assigned one universal regional year.
Event context
Classification
Event type: imperial garrison transition
Evidence layer: archaeological
People and places
Locations: Beth-Shean
Alternative interpretations
- Egyptian-style architecture and objects may have continued after direct imperial administration weakened or ended, so material continuity is not identical to political control. (moderate confidence)
Research notes
- Documents the garrison town and its aftermath. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Overview; Levels VII, VI, and Late VI.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean 1989-1996, Volume III: The 13th-11th Century BCE Strata in Areas N and S — Panitz-Cohen, Nava, Mazar, Amihai (2009)Documents the garrison town and its aftermath.
Locator: Overview; Levels VII, VI, and Late VI
Referenced records
- Beth-Shean · entity