Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 27, no. 1, 43–63
Peer reviewed: Yes

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claim A major destruction ended the Troy VIh phase; earthquake damage has often been proposed.
Evidence confidence: low
informs · establishes
Supports the claim: A major destruction ended the Troy VIh phase; earthquake damage has often been proposed.
date assertion Destruction of Troy VIh — date assertion
Evidence confidence: low
informs · proposes interpretation · Troy discussion
event Destruction of Troy VIh
Evidence confidence: low
informs · proposes interpretation · Troy discussion
Source relationship recorded for Destruction of Troy VIh.
myth interpretation Trojan Horse as Earthquake Symbolism
Evidence confidence: low
informs · proposes or supports interpretation
One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism.
claim One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthqu…
Evidence confidence: low
informs · proposes or supports interpretation
Supports the claim: One scholarly interpretation proposes that the Wooden Horse motif preserves transformed earthquake symbolism through the cultural association of Poseidon with horses and earthquakes.
date assertion Destruction of Troy VIIa — date assertion
Evidence confidence: low
informs · provides alternative · earthquake context
event Destruction of Troy VIIa
Evidence confidence: low
informs · provides alternative · earthquake context
Source relationship recorded for Destruction of Troy VIIa.
claim Earthquakes may explain particular destruction episodes, but the broad earthquake-storm model has weak overall fit after chronology and destruction claims are re-audited.
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports
Supports the claim: Earthquakes may explain particular destruction episodes, but the broad earthquake-storm model has weak overall fit after chronology and destruction claims are re-audited.
claim Destruction of Troy VIh is best dated in this release to approximately late 14th to 13th century BCE.
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports
Supports the claim: Destruction of Troy VIh is best dated in this release to approximately late 14th to 13th century BCE.
property assignment Destruction of Troy VIh — has research status — Cause Unknown
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment
The event is better established than a single definitive cause or attacker identity.
property assignment Destruction of Troy VIh — is a — Destruction Horizon
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports assignment
Destruction of Troy VIh is represented as a destruction-related archaeological event; cause and synchronism are modeled separately.
property assignment Destruction of Troy VIIa — is a — Destruction Horizon
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports assignment
Destruction of Troy VIIa is represented as a destruction-related archaeological event; cause and synchronism are modeled separately.
property assignment Destruction of Troy VIIa — has research status — Cause Unknown
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment
The event is better established than a single definitive cause or attacker identity.
property assignment Destruction of Troy VIh — has research status — Chronology Disputed
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports assignment
The date materially depends on competing chronological, ceramic, textual, or archaeological models.
property assignment Trojan Horse — symbolically interpreted as — Possible Natural-Disaster Memory
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports assignment
One interpretation connects the horse motif with earthquake symbolism and an earthquake-related destruction at Troy.
relationship Destruction of Troy VIh — does not establish general cause of — Dissolution of the Mycenaean Palatial Administrative System
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports causal relationship
Possible seismic damage at one site does not establish an eastern Mediterranean-wide earthquake storm as the main cause of political collapse.
entity Troy
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports entity record
Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Troy.
causal hypothesis Eastern Mediterranean Earthquake-Storm Collapse
supports · supports model component
Supports one or more evidential components of Eastern Mediterranean Earthquake-Storm Collapse.
property Possible Natural-Disaster Memory
supports · supports property definition
Supports the definition or scholarly use of the property Possible Natural-Disaster Memory.
relationship Destruction of Troy VIIa — affected — Trojan War Tradition
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports relationship
Destruction of Troy VIIa directly affected Trojan War Tradition in this reconstruction.
relationship Trojan Horse — proposed memory of — Destruction of Troy VIh
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports relationship
One interpretation connects the horse motif with a seismically damaged Troy VI phase.
relationship Destruction of Troy VIIa — occurred in — Troy
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports relationship
Destruction of Troy VIIa is geographically assigned to Troy.
relationship Destruction of Troy VIh — occurred in — Troy
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports relationship
Destruction of Troy VIh is geographically assigned to Troy.
relationship Troy — located in — Western Anatolia
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship
Troy is located in or geographically associated with Western Anatolia.
relationship Destruction of Troy VIh — affected — Troy
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports relationship
Destruction of Troy VIh directly affected Troy in this reconstruction.
relationship Destruction of Troy VIIa — affected — Troy
Evidence confidence: low
supports · supports relationship
Destruction of Troy VIIa directly affected Troy in this reconstruction.