QuestionsLate Bronze Age collapseWere the destructions clustered in the years after the 1198–1196 BC drought, or spread over a century?Answer
Answer · Late Bronze Age collapse
Most destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC.
Most destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Modelled radiocarbon dates at destroyed sites cluster between about 1200 and 1170 BC.
What would rule it out
- Well-dated destructions spread from the mid 13th to the mid 12th century.
Evidence 2 for · none against
FOR
Pylos was destroyed about 3150–3130 BP.
FORSuggestive
The questions it answers
Most likelyMost destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Most destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC. [Answer ANS0D464TWC4ECW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D464TWC4ECW
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year = {2026},
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