event · evt_sarepta_late_bronze_early_iron_continuity
Late Bronze to Early Iron Age continuity at Sarepta
Published occupation deposits show continuing settlement and ceramic development across the Late Bronze to Iron Age transition without a demonstrated terminal destruction horizon in the excavated areas.
What is the evidence?
observation
Published occupation deposits show continuing settlement and ceramic development across the Late Bronze to Iron Age transition without a demonstrated terminal destruction horizon in the excavated areas.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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–1100 BCE
Precision: archaeological period range
highThe assertion represents continuity across the conventional Late Bronze and Iron I transition. It is not a claim that every excavated floor remained unchanged for a full century.
- informs · dates
Sarepta I: The Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata of Area II, Y: The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania Excavations at Sarafand, Lebanon — Anderson, William Paul (1988)Primary phase evidence.
Locator: Area II,Y stratification and ceramic sequence - informs · contextualizes
The Iron Age I in the Northern Levant: New Perspectives from Lebanon — Charaf, Hanan (2025)Characterizes the transition as smooth rather than destruction-led.
Locator: Abstract and Sarepta discussion
Interpretation and caveats
Sarepta underwent continuity through transformation, with older ceramic and settlement practices persisting while new forms were incorporated.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement continuity and material transition
Evidence layer: archaeological
People and places
Locations: Sarepta
Alternative interpretations
- The excavated areas are limited soundings. Absence of destruction there does not prove that every quarter of the ancient settlement was unaffected. (moderate confidence)
Research notes
- Primary excavation basis for continuity. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Area II,Y stratification and ceramic sequence.
- Explicitly contrasts Lebanese continuity with southern Levantine destruction narratives. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Abstract and Lebanese site comparison.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Sarepta I: The Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata of Area II, Y: The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania Excavations at Sarafand, Lebanon — Anderson, William Paul (1988)Primary excavation basis for continuity.
Locator: Area II,Y stratification and ceramic sequence - informs · contextualizes
The Iron Age I in the Northern Levant: New Perspectives from Lebanon — Charaf, Hanan (2025)Explicitly contrasts Lebanese continuity with southern Levantine destruction narratives.
Locator: Abstract and Lebanese site comparison
Referenced records
- Sarepta · entity