OLD TREES

Mycenaean civilization	Current date	Assiros Phases	New absolute date	Revised date	Pottery Period
Beginning of Mycenaean Palatial Period	1400 BC				LH IIIA
		Destruction of Assiros Phase 9	either c 1360 BC or c 1310 BC		LH IIIA2
Likely date of Trojan War	1250-1200 BC			before 1270/50 BC	LH IIIB
Destruction of Mycenaean Palaces	1200-1180 BC			before 1270/50 BC	LH IIIB (end)
		Construction of Assiros Phase 7	c 1270 BC +/-		LH IIIC
End of Mycenaean Civilization	1025 BC			before 1070 BC	LH IIIC (end)
Start of Protogeometric Period	1025 BC			before 1070 BC	Early Protogeometric
		Construction of Assiros Phase 3	1080 BC +4-7		Early-mid Protogeometric
		Construction of Assiros Phase 2	1070 BC +4-7 final

The revised dates in this table are those required by the absolute dates from Assiros based on dendrochronological dating and 14C wiggle match dating and take into account the stratigraphic relationships and improbability of reuse of the timbers.