# Juniper timbers from Gordion, including the Midas Mound tumulus

> Where each of the 23 samples used in 2023 is kept was not established in this pass.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/artifacts/ART0D4657JM3RQM/juniper-timbers-from-gordion-including-the-midas-mound  
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**ART** 0D4657JM3RQM·Artifact · sample

# Juniper timbers from Gordion, including the Midas Mound tumulus

SamplePublic domainRings about 1775–748 BC

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/3802).

Where each of the 23 samples used in 2023 is kept was not established in this pass.

P. I. Kuniholm and colleagues, 1775. Public domain

## Copies 1

**Document** P. I. Kuniholm and colleagues · ncei.noaa.gov · public-domainPrimary source: [Kuniholm - Gordion-Kizlarkaya, Midas Mound - JUSP - ITRDB TURK029](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4649HP61H8/kuniholm-gordion-kizlarkaya-midas-mound-jusp-itrdb-turk029)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/3802)

## Where it is kept

[Gordion, with the Midas Mound tumulus](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464F5C4ZQB/gordion-with-the-midas-mound-tumulus) · Archaeological site

## Sources 1

- [Severe multi-year drought coincident with Hittite collapse around 1198–1196 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4649224SDR/severe-multi-year-drought-coincident-with-hittite-collapse)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Juniper timbers from Gordion, including the Midas Mound tumulus [Artifact ART0D4657JM3RQM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4657JM3RQM
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**ART** 0D4657JM3RQM

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Sample

Held by

Cornell Tree-Ring Laboratory (samples studied); the timbers come from the Gordion excavations

Dated

rings about 1775–748 BC

Licence

public-domain

Place

[Gordion, with the Midas Mound tumulus](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464F5C4ZQB/gordion-with-the-midas-mound-tumulus)

Part of

[Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)

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