event · evt_jaffa_terminal_destructions
Terminal New Kingdom Destructions and Egyptian Withdrawal at Jaffa
Jaffa’s Egyptian fortress experienced repeated violent destruction, with the terminal phase marking the end of Egyptian control locally.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Burned gate and fortress contexts
- Weapons and resistance evidence
- Radiocarbon dates
proposed causes
- local resistance
- warfare
- imperial contraction
consequences
The local destruction sequence is strong; extrapolation to all Egyptian holdings requires separate sites.
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.
1134 BCE–1115 BCE
Precision: radiocarbon and stratigraphy
moderateexcavation sequence and calibrated dates
- informs · establishes
Excavations of the New Kingdom Fortress in Jaffa, 2011–2014: Traces of Resistance to Egyptian Rule in Canaan — Aaron A. Burke, Martin Peilstöcker, Amy Karoll, George A. Pierce, Krister Kowalski, Nadia Ben-Marzouk, et al. (2017)
Locator: pp. 85–133
Event context
People and places
Locations: Jaffa
Affected entities: Jaffa, New Kingdom Egypt
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?
Terminal New Kingdom Destructions and Egyptian Withdrawal at Jaffa 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.
Violent Destruction
A destruction episode for which assault, warfare, or deliberate human violence is judged more likely than accidental burning or gradual abandonment.
Why does this record have this property?
The archaeological and contextual evidence makes deliberate human violence a serious interpretation, while specific attackers remain uncertain.
Evidence and sources
- informs · establishes
Excavations of the New Kingdom Fortress in Jaffa, 2011–2014: Traces of Resistance to Egyptian Rule in Canaan — Aaron A. Burke, Martin Peilstöcker, Amy Karoll, George A. Pierce, Krister Kowalski, Nadia Ben-Marzouk, et al. (2017)Source relationship recorded for Terminal New Kingdom Destructions and Egyptian Withdrawal at Jaffa.
Locator: pp. 85–133
Referenced records
- New Kingdom Egypt · entity
- Jaffa · entity