Troy VI

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Troy VI is a major Late Bronze Age phase of the ancient city of Troy, notable for its impressive fortifications and often associated with the setting of Homer’s Trojan War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Troy VI canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Bronze Age settlement ⓘ
archaeological site phase ⓘ
associatedWith Homeric Troy ⓘ
Trojan War tradition ⓘ
chronologicalPhaseOf Troy ⓘ
connectedTo Aegean trade networks ⓘ
Anatolian hinterland ⓘ
culturalAttribution Anatolian culture with Aegean influences ⓘ
destroyedBy earthquake (main destruction event) ⓘ
endTime c. 1300 BC ⓘ
evidenceFor earthquake damage in walls and buildings ⓘ
excavatedBy Carl Blegen ⓘ
Manfred Korfmann ⓘ
Wilhelm Dörpfeld ⓘ
follows Troy V ⓘ
hasCitadel fortified upper city ⓘ
hasCityWallThickness up to several meters ⓘ
hasFeature drainage systems ⓘ
gate complexes ⓘ
large elite residences ⓘ
massive fortification walls ⓘ
megaron-type buildings ⓘ
paved streets ⓘ
projecting towers ⓘ
sloping stone walls ⓘ
stone foundations with mudbrick superstructures ⓘ
well-planned urban layout ⓘ
hasSubphase Troy VIh ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Site of Troy" ⓘ
interpretedAs major regional center ⓘ
prosperous trading city ⓘ
locatedIn Hisarlik ⓘ
modern-day Turkey ⓘ
northwestern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Western Anatolia

Çanakkale Province ⓘ
materialCulture Mycenaean-style pottery imports ⓘ
bronze objects ⓘ
local Anatolian ceramics ⓘ
weapons and tools ⓘ
notableFor impressive fortifications ⓘ
large-scale urban expansion ⓘ
possible identification with Homeric Ilion ⓘ
partOf Troad region ⓘ
linked to: Troad

ancient city of Troy ⓘ
precedes Troy VIIa ⓘ
startTime c. 1700 BC ⓘ
stratigraphicLevel sixth major settlement level at Troy ⓘ
surroundedBy lower town (poorly preserved archaeologically) ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Troy → hasArchaeologicalLayer → Troy VI ⓘ
Troy → hasSettlementLayer → Troy VI ⓘ
subject linked to: Troy, ancient city
Troy IX → relatedTo → Troy VI ⓘ