entity · site_lachish
Lachish
Also known as: Tell ed-Duweir
Major Shephelah city with Late Bronze Levels VII-VI and later Judahite development.
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 period definition
Revisiting the Late Bronze Age Stratigraphy of Tel Lachish — Weissbein, Itamar (2024)Provides the revised Late Bronze Age stratigraphic framework.
Locator: Three-horizon reconstruction; Third Horizon summary - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides a representative point for Tel Lachish.
Locator: Pleiades 687951 - informs · provides archaeological observation
The Renewed Archaeological Excavations at Lachish (1973-1994) — David Ussishkin (2004)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Volumes III-IV; Levels VII and VI
Research description
Major Shephelah city with Late Bronze Levels VII-VI and later Judahite development. The site point in this release is a representative locator, not a settlement footprint or territorial claim.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides period definition
Revisiting the Late Bronze Age Stratigraphy of Tel Lachish — Weissbein, Itamar (2024)Provides the revised Late Bronze Age stratigraphic framework.
Locator: Three-horizon reconstruction; Third Horizon summary - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides a representative point for Tel Lachish.
Locator: Pleiades 687951 - informs · provides archaeological observation
The Renewed Archaeological Excavations at Lachish (1973-1994) — David Ussishkin (2004)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Volumes III-IV; Levels VII and VI
Referenced records
- Shephelah · entity
- Geography assertion for site_lachish · geography assertion