event · evt_thebes_palace_destruction
Final Palatial Destruction at Thebes
The final palatial destruction at Thebes belonged to a sequence that was not necessarily simultaneous with Pylos or all Argolid centres.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Palatial destruction horizon
- Administrative discontinuity
proposed causes
consequences
The destruction and relative position are accepted; exact absolute date is model-dependent.
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.
1220 BCE–1190 BCE
Precision: ceramic phase
moderatestratigraphy and ceramic chronology
- informs · establishes
Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces (2022)
Locator: Thebes 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: pp. 261–263
Event context
People and places
Locations: Thebes
Affected entities: Thebes, 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 Palatial Destruction at Thebes 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 Final Palatial Destruction at Thebes.
Locator: Thebes 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 Palatial Destruction at Thebes.
Locator: pp. 261–263
Referenced records
- Mycenaean Palatial System · entity
- Thebes · entity