Iron Age Fortress Destruction - Iron I
Singer-Avitz (2023:168–169) report that the
Iron I "fortress" at Yotvata was violently
destroyed. This interpretation is based on "evidence of
fire in many of the
casemate rooms in the short-lived settlement
of Yotvata, as well as the recovery of complete pottery
vessels within them."
Singer-Avitz (2023:170) conclude that the site "was
probably short-lived, and it can be assumed that it did
not exist until the end of the
Iron I, i.e., beyond the mid-11th century."
They further suggest that the Yotvata "fortress" was
built only in the early Iron I.
Singer-Avitz (2023:166) note that the method used
for dating the Yotvata "fortress" is based upon
pottery typology and a comparison of material
culture from different sites in order to establish a
cultural-chronological horizon.
