entity · site_jaffa
Jaffa
Also known as: Yapu, Yafo
Port and Egyptian-linked strongpoint on the coastal route during parts of the Late Bronze Age.
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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The Egyptian Empire in Palestine: A Reassessment — James M. Weinstein (1981)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Egyptian administration and garrison evidence
Research description
Port and Egyptian-linked strongpoint on the coastal route during parts of the Late Bronze Age. The site point in this release is a representative locator, not a settlement footprint or territorial claim.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports entity record
Excavations of the New Kingdom Fortress in Jaffa, 2011–2014: Traces of Resistance to Egyptian Rule in Canaan — Aaron A. Burke, Martin Peilstöcker, Amy Karoll, George A. Pierce, Krister Kowalski, Nadia Ben-Marzouk, et al. (2017)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Jaffa.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The Egyptian Empire in Palestine: A Reassessment — James M. Weinstein (1981)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Egyptian administration and garrison evidence
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_jaffa · geography assertion
- Southern coastal plain and Philistia research zone · entity