event · evt_pylos_final_destruction
Final Destruction of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos
Pylos was violently destroyed, but a revised synchronization places the final palace later than the standard circa-1200 date.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Burned palace
- Weapons in destruction context
- Linear B archive baked in fire
proposed causes
- warfare
- attack
- internal conflict
consequences
Destruction is secure, but the revised LH IIIC Early date is not universally adopted.
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: competing chronology
moderatestratigraphy, ceramic phases and synchronization
- informs · provides date
Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces (2022)
Locator: Pylos chapter - 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 - informs · establishes
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)
Locator: mainland Greece chapter
Event context
People and places
Locations: Pylos
Affected entities: Pylos, 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?
Final Destruction of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos 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.
Chronology Disputed
Two or more serious chronological models remain in use or materially affect interpretation.
Why does this record have this property?
The date materially depends on competing chronological, ceramic, textual, or archaeological models.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides date
Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces (2022)Source relationship recorded for Final Destruction of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos.
Locator: Pylos chapter - 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 Final Destruction of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos.
Locator: p. 262 - informs · establishes
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)Source relationship recorded for Final Destruction of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos.
Locator: mainland Greece chapter
Referenced records
- Mycenaean Palatial System · entity
- Pylos · entity
- Conventional c.1200 BCE Pylos chronology · chronology model
- Revised LH IIIC Early Pylos chronology · chronology model