{
  "version": "1.0",
  "sourceId": "shaar-hazor-megiddo-2016",
  "table": "Table 2 — samples paleointensity",
  "historicalAnchor": "732 BCE destruction by Tiglath-Pileser III; paper reports stratum age as 740 BCE with archaeological range 800–732 BCE.",
  "hazorV": {
    "siteId": "hazor",
    "stratum": "V",
    "ageLabel": "740 BCE (800–732 BCE)",
    "samples": [
      {
        "sample": "hz05a",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 3,
        "meanMicrotesla": 88.15,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 0.27,
        "vadmZAm2": 165.8,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 0.5,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 83.4,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 93.8,
        "vadmLower": 156.8,
        "vadmUpper": 176.4
      },
      {
        "sample": "hz05b",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 7,
        "meanMicrotesla": 75.69,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 4.49,
        "vadmZAm2": 142.3,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 8.5,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 69.9,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 83.8,
        "vadmLower": 131.5,
        "vadmUpper": 157.6
      },
      {
        "sample": "hz05c",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 6,
        "meanMicrotesla": 83.15,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 0.34,
        "vadmZAm2": 156.4,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 0.7,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 79.1,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 86.2,
        "vadmLower": 148.8,
        "vadmUpper": 162.1
      },
      {
        "sample": "hz05e",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 5,
        "meanMicrotesla": 67.6,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 0.39,
        "vadmZAm2": 127.1,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 0.8,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 65.6,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 72.5,
        "vadmLower": 123.4,
        "vadmUpper": 136.3
      },
      {
        "sample": "hz05f",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 5,
        "meanMicrotesla": 81.52,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 1.9,
        "vadmZAm2": 153.3,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 3.6,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 75.5,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 86.2,
        "vadmLower": 142.0,
        "vadmUpper": 162.1
      },
      {
        "sample": "hz05g",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 6,
        "meanMicrotesla": 73.26,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 1.73,
        "vadmZAm2": 137.8,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 3.2,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 70.2,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 76.4,
        "vadmLower": 132.0,
        "vadmUpper": 143.7
      }
    ],
    "summary": {
      "sampleCount": 6,
      "representedSpecimens": 32,
      "descriptiveUnweightedSampleMeanMicrotesla": 78.23,
      "descriptiveSampleMeanStdDevMicrotesla": 7.45,
      "minSampleMeanMicrotesla": 67.6,
      "maxSampleMeanMicrotesla": 88.15
    },
    "interpretation": "Six accepted Hazor V sample means directly quantify the high and scattered geomagnetic field immediately before/at the historically anchored Assyrian destruction horizon."
  },
  "megiddoH03": {
    "siteId": "megiddo",
    "stratum": "H-03",
    "ageLabel": "740 BCE (800–732 BCE)",
    "samples": [
      {
        "sample": "mgh03b",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 5,
        "meanMicrotesla": 75.12,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 2.64,
        "vadmZAm2": 142.1,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 5.0,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 66.7,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 83.5,
        "vadmLower": 126.1,
        "vadmUpper": 157.9
      },
      {
        "sample": "mgh03f",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 5,
        "meanMicrotesla": 80.46,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 2.58,
        "vadmZAm2": 152.1,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 4.8,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 71.4,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 89.3,
        "vadmLower": 135.0,
        "vadmUpper": 168.9
      },
      {
        "sample": "mgh03g",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 8,
        "meanMicrotesla": 93.44,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 4.6,
        "vadmZAm2": 176.7,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 8.7,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 83.3,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 105.0,
        "vadmLower": 157.5,
        "vadmUpper": 198.6
      },
      {
        "sample": "mgh03h",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 7,
        "meanMicrotesla": 75.86,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 3.13,
        "vadmZAm2": 143.5,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 6.0,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 68.6,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 83.8,
        "vadmLower": 129.7,
        "vadmUpper": 158.5
      },
      {
        "sample": "mgh03i",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 6,
        "meanMicrotesla": 79.86,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 1.2,
        "vadmZAm2": 151.0,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 2.3,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 69.2,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 86.3,
        "vadmLower": 130.9,
        "vadmUpper": 163.2
      },
      {
        "sample": "mgh03j",
        "acceptedSpecimens": 3,
        "meanMicrotesla": 89.74,
        "sigmaMicrotesla": 0.4,
        "vadmZAm2": 169.7,
        "vadmSigmaZAm2": 0.8,
        "lowerErrorMicrotesla": 80.4,
        "upperErrorMicrotesla": 91.8,
        "vadmLower": 152.0,
        "vadmUpper": 173.6
      }
    ],
    "summary": {
      "sampleCount": 6,
      "representedSpecimens": 34,
      "descriptiveUnweightedSampleMeanMicrotesla": 82.41,
      "descriptiveSampleMeanStdDevMicrotesla": 7.51,
      "minSampleMeanMicrotesla": 75.12,
      "maxSampleMeanMicrotesla": 93.44
    },
    "interpretation": "Six accepted Megiddo H-03 sample means form the contemporary 732 BCE destruction comparison in the same study."
  },
  "methodCaution": "The project retains the paper's sample-level B ± sigma, VADM ± sigma, and extended error bars. Simple unweighted means reported by the project are descriptive only and are not substituted for the source's inferential treatment.",
  "chronologyCaution": "The exact 732 BCE event date comes from the historical/archaeological attribution of the destruction. The magnetic values characterize that anchor and test synchrony; they do not independently identify Tiglath-Pileser III."
}