Plate VIb in Franken (1969) appears to show seismic deformation within burned Late Bronze Age deposits, later overlain by the Iron Age I deposits of Phase A. Raphael and Agnon (2018: 775), citing Franken (1992: 6–9), may refer to this as a Phase E earthquake during the Late Bronze II period. According to Kafafi and van der Kooij (2013: Fig. 1), Phase E ended around 1200 BCE, marking the close of the Late Bronze II and immediately preceding the onset of the Iron Age.

Plate VIb

Phase A accumulation over the red burnt L.B. ruins. Thick ash deposit (D 908), interrupted by pits and cracks.

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Franken (1969)