Destruction on Mound A
Yassine & van der Steen (2012:17)
report the presence of a major 11th–10th centuries BCE
construction phase on Mound A,
which is about 220 m northwest of Tell el-Mazar
(Yassine & van der Steen 2012:17).
The excavators found that the
mudbrick walls and
roofs from this phase collapsed and filled
the rooms with debris. Although a 5th century BCE
graveyard and a modern subterranean house
disturbed parts of the earlier stratigraphy,
excavators were still able to date and characterize
the destruction.
Broken pottery lay on the floor of Room 101
and appears to have fallen in place before
roof collapse sealed it.
Yassine & van der Steen (2012:17) date the
destruction to the "second half of the
10th century BC" based on
ceramic typology and comparisons with other Iron Age sites.
They did not propose a cause for the event.
