Troy VIIa

E490103

archaeological site phase stratigraphic level

Troy VIIa is an archaeological phase of the ancient city of Troy, generally dated to the Late Bronze Age and often associated with the period traditionally linked to the legendary Trojan War.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Troy VII	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site phase ⓘ stratigraphic level ⓘ
associatedWith	Homeric Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalPeriod	Late Bronze Age ⓘ
contemporaryWith	Hittite New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Helladic IIIB ⓘ Mycenaean palatial period ⓘ
excavatedAt	Hisarlik excavations NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavatedBy	Carl Blegen NERFINISHED ⓘ Manfred Korfmann NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cincinnati team NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Tübingen team NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Troy VIIb1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEvidence	earthquake damage debated ⓘ possible war-related destruction ⓘ short occupation before destruction ⓘ
hasFeature	Mycenaean-style pottery imports ⓘ arrowheads in destruction layer ⓘ crowded housing ⓘ evidence of destruction by fire ⓘ fortification walls ⓘ limited imported pottery ⓘ local Gray Minyan-type wares ⓘ pithoi ⓘ rebuilding on earlier fortifications ⓘ signs of violent end ⓘ sling stones in destruction layer ⓘ small subdivided rooms ⓘ storage jars sunk into floors ⓘ
heritageContext	UNESCO World Heritage Site Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretedAs	besieged city by some scholars ⓘ possible setting of Trojan War traditions ⓘ prosperous but crowded settlement ⓘ
languageContext	likely Anatolian languages region ⓘ
locatedIn	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Hisarlik NERFINISHED ⓘ Troad NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey ⓘ northwest Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Çanakkale Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ archaeological site of Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Troy VII NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchTopicIn	Aegean prehistory ⓘ Near Eastern archaeology NERFINISHED ⓘ classical studies ⓘ
timeSpanEndApprox	c. 1180 BCE ⓘ
timeSpanStartApprox	c. 1300 BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Troy → hasArchaeologicalLayer → Troy VIIa ⓘ

Hisarlik → hasArchaeologicalLayer → Troy VIIa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Troy VII