event · evt_tell_tweini_transition
Late Bronze–Early Iron Transition at Tell Tweini
A radiocarbon model places a major transition at Tell Tweini in the early 1190s BCE.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Stratified transition
- Radiocarbon determinations
proposed causes
consequences
The model is explicit and testable, but remains one chronology among possible calibrations and synchronisms.
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.
1194 BCE–1190 BCE
Precision: radiocarbon model
moderatecalibrated radiocarbon and stratigraphy
- informs · provides date
The Sea Peoples, from Cuneiform Tablets to Carbon Dating — David Kaniewski, Elise Van Campo, Klaus Van Lerberghe, Thierry Boiy, Karel Vansteenhuyse, Gert Jans, et al. (2011)
Locator: radiocarbon model
Event context
People and places
Locations: Tell Tweini
Affected entities: Tell Tweini
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides date
The Sea Peoples, from Cuneiform Tablets to Carbon Dating — David Kaniewski, Elise Van Campo, Klaus Van Lerberghe, Thierry Boiy, Karel Vansteenhuyse, Gert Jans, et al. (2011)Source relationship recorded for Late Bronze–Early Iron Transition at Tell Tweini.
Locator: radiocarbon model
Referenced records
- Tell Tweini · entity
- Tell Tweini radiocarbon transition model · chronology model