event · evt_hattusa_later_burning
Later Burning at Hattusa
Parts of Hattusa burned after the administrative centre had already been emptied.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Burn layers later than evacuation
proposed causes
- attack
- squatting-related fire
- deliberate destruction
- accident
consequences
Relative order is clearer than exact cause or date.
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.
1200 BCE–1150 BCE
Precision: relative sequence
moderatestratigraphy
- 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 abandonment - 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
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?
Later Burning at Hattusa 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
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 Later Burning at Hattusa.
Locator: main text on Hattusa abandonment - informs · reviews
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)Source relationship recorded for Later Burning at Hattusa.
Locator: Anatolia chapter
Referenced records
- Hattusa · entity