event · evt_hattusa_administrative_evacuation
Administrative Evacuation and Abandonment of Hattusa
Hattusa appears to have been emptied by the royal administration before parts of the city were later burned.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Removal of portable royal/administrative materials
- Abandonment before later burning
proposed causes
- political relocation
- internal crisis
- resource stress
- security threat
consequences
The sequence of evacuation before burning is strong; the reason and exact year are not known.
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.
1210 BCE–1190 BCE
Precision: historical-archaeological range
moderateterminal occupation sequence
- informs · establishes
Severe Multi-Year Drought Coincident with Hittite Collapse around 1198–1196 BC — Sturt W. Manning, Cindy Kocik, Brita Lorentzen, Jed P. Sparks (2023)
Locator: main text on Hattusa terminal sequence - informs · reviews
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)
Locator: Anatolia chapter
Event context
People and places
Locations: Hattusa
Affected entities: Hattusa, Hittite Empire
Evidence and sources
- informs · establishes
Severe Multi-Year Drought Coincident with Hittite Collapse around 1198–1196 BC — Sturt W. Manning, Cindy Kocik, Brita Lorentzen, Jed P. Sparks (2023)Source relationship recorded for Administrative Evacuation and Abandonment of Hattusa.
Locator: main text on Hattusa terminal sequence - informs · reviews
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)Source relationship recorded for Administrative Evacuation and Abandonment of Hattusa.
Locator: Anatolia chapter
Referenced records
- Hittite Empire · entity
- Hattusa · entity