Building II Earthquake
Magness (2010:147–153)
reanalyzed the archaeological evidence from the original
excavations of Mazar and Ben-Dov, together with later work by
Ronny Reich, Yaakov Billig, and Yuval Baruch. She concluded that
the structures were repaired and reoccupied following the
mid-8th-century Sabbatical Year Quakes and remained
in use until the 11th-century Palestine Quake(s) of
1033/4 CE. In her revised chronology, the seismic damage observed
by Ben-Dov in Building II—cracked walls, warped foundations,
fallen columns, and sunken floors—may stem from the 1033/4 CE
earthquake(s) rather than from one of the earlier
8th-century Sabbatical Year events.