event · evt_iklaina_destruction
Destruction or Annexation of Iklaina
Iklaina ceased to function as an independent centre before the final destruction at Pylos, possibly through destruction or annexation.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Destruction/termination horizon
- Reorganization within the Pylian region
proposed causes
- warfare
- annexation
- political consolidation
consequences
The termination is archaeologically supported, but the political mechanism is uncertain.
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 regional synchronism
- informs · establishes
Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces (2022)
Locator: Iklaina chapters - informs · reviews
Getting Closer to the Late Bronze Age Collapse in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, c. 1200 BC — Guy D. Middleton (2024)
Locator: p. 262
Event context
People and places
Locations: Iklaina
Affected entities: Iklaina, Mycenaean Palatial System
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 or Annexation of Iklaina 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
Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces (2022)Source relationship recorded for Destruction or Annexation of Iklaina.
Locator: Iklaina chapters - 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 or Annexation of Iklaina.
Locator: p. 262
Referenced records
- Mycenaean Palatial System · entity
- Iklaina · entity