event · evt_tiryns_palace_destruction
Destruction of the Palace at Tiryns
A major fire ended the palatial phase at Tiryns; warfare or deliberate arson is plausible but not certain.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Burned palatial structures
- Weapons in destruction contexts
proposed causes
- warfare
- arson
- other fire
consequences
Fire and termination are clear; agency and precise synchronism are less secure.
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.
1210 BCE–1180 BCE
Precision: ceramic phase
moderatestratigraphy and ceramic chronology
- informs · establishes
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)
Locator: mainland Greece 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. 261 - informs · provides date
Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces (2022)
Locator: Tiryns chapters
Event context
People and places
Locations: Tiryns
Affected entities: Tiryns, 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?
Destruction of the Palace at Tiryns 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 · 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 Destruction of the Palace at Tiryns.
Locator: p. 261 - informs · provides date
Synchronizing the Destructions of the Mycenaean Palaces (2022)Source relationship recorded for Destruction of the Palace at Tiryns.
Locator: Tiryns chapters - informs · establishes
Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age — Jesse Michael Millek (2023)Source relationship recorded for Destruction of the Palace at Tiryns.
Locator: mainland Greece chapter
Referenced records
- Mycenaean Palatial System · entity
- Tiryns · entity