{
  "version": "PASS89.38",
  "generated": "2026-09-17",
  "principle": {
    "arad": "No explicit equivalence is registered between the Lower City and fortress mound. Their principal sequences are separated chronologically and use independent local stratigraphic systems.",
    "piramesse": "Q I and Q IV remain independent local columns. Broad Ramesside overlap alone is not promoted to a stratigraphic equation.",
    "hazor": "Only the terminal Late Bronze horizon is cross-linked. Earlier Upper/Lower City bands remain independently controlled.",
    "jerusalem": "The 586 BCE destruction is a shared historical anchor; other Area E and Givʿati phases are not silently equated.",
    "tel-moza": "The temple sequence is linked only where its broad establishment range crosses the site-wide VII→VI transition; exact phase boundaries remain under study.",
    "elephantine": "The YHW precinct is synchronized by containment within the Persian-period town and by the 410 BCE documentary destruction anchor, not by a complete sitewide architectural equation."
  },
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    {
      "id": "sync-gezer-1",
      "siteId": "gezer",
      "label": "12B ↔ HUC XV",
      "relationType": "published crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Published conversion between the Tandy sequence and the HUC site-wide stratum system.",
      "caution": "The relation translates excavation nomenclature; it does not make the two columns one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-gezer-webster-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-tandy-sequence",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-tandy-12b"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-huc-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-huc-xv"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-gezer-2",
      "siteId": "gezer",
      "label": "12A ↔ HUC XIV",
      "relationType": "published crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Published conversion between the Tandy sequence and the HUC site-wide stratum system.",
      "caution": "The relation translates excavation nomenclature; it does not make the two columns one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-gezer-webster-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-tandy-sequence",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-tandy-12a"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-huc-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-huc-xiv"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-gezer-3",
      "siteId": "gezer",
      "label": "11 ↔ HUC XIII–XII",
      "relationType": "published crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Published conversion between the Tandy sequence and the HUC site-wide stratum system.",
      "caution": "The relation translates excavation nomenclature; it does not make the two columns one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-gezer-webster-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-tandy-sequence",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-tandy-11"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-huc-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-huc-xiii-xii"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-gezer-4",
      "siteId": "gezer",
      "label": "10B ↔ HUC XI",
      "relationType": "published crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Published conversion between the Tandy sequence and the HUC site-wide stratum system.",
      "caution": "The relation translates excavation nomenclature; it does not make the two columns one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-gezer-webster-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-tandy-sequence",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-tandy-10b"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-huc-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-huc-xi"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-gezer-5",
      "siteId": "gezer",
      "label": "10A + 9 ↔ HUC X–IX",
      "relationType": "published crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Published conversion between the Tandy sequence and the HUC site-wide stratum system.",
      "caution": "The relation translates excavation nomenclature; it does not make the two columns one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-gezer-webster-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-tandy-sequence",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-tandy-10a",
            "gezer-tandy-9"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-huc-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-huc-x-ix"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-gezer-6",
      "siteId": "gezer",
      "label": "8 ↔ HUC VIII",
      "relationType": "published crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Published conversion between the Tandy sequence and the HUC site-wide stratum system.",
      "caution": "The relation translates excavation nomenclature; it does not make the two columns one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-gezer-webster-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-tandy-sequence",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-tandy-8"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-huc-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-huc-viii"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-gezer-7",
      "siteId": "gezer",
      "label": "7 ↔ HUC VII",
      "relationType": "published crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Published conversion between the Tandy sequence and the HUC site-wide stratum system.",
      "caution": "The relation translates excavation nomenclature; it does not make the two columns one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-gezer-webster-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-tandy-sequence",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-tandy-7"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-huc-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-huc-vii"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-gezer-8",
      "siteId": "gezer",
      "label": "6B–6A ↔ HUC VI",
      "relationType": "published crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Published conversion between the Tandy sequence and the HUC site-wide stratum system.",
      "caution": "The relation translates excavation nomenclature; it does not make the two columns one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-gezer-webster-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-tandy-sequence",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-tandy-6"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "gezer-huc-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "gezer-huc-vi"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-rehov-vii",
      "siteId": "tel-rehov",
      "label": "Stratum VII: Area C ↔ Area D",
      "relationType": "published cross-area correlation",
      "confidence": "high but model-dependent",
      "basis": "Published Tel Reḥov area correlation tied to the site-wide Iron Age ladder and radiocarbon sequence.",
      "caution": "Local phase order remains primary; the equation is a correlation model, not direct physical superposition between excavation areas.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "rehov-radiocarbon-ladder-2005"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-area-c",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-c3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-area-d",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-d3"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-rehov-vi",
      "siteId": "tel-rehov",
      "label": "Stratum VI: Area C ↔ Area D ↔ site-wide ladder",
      "relationType": "published cross-area correlation",
      "confidence": "high but model-dependent",
      "basis": "Published Tel Reḥov area correlation tied to the site-wide Iron Age ladder and radiocarbon sequence.",
      "caution": "Local phase order remains primary; the equation is a correlation model, not direct physical superposition between excavation areas.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "rehov-radiocarbon-ladder-2005"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-iron",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-vi"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-area-c",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-c2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-area-d",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-d2"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-rehov-v",
      "siteId": "tel-rehov",
      "label": "Stratum V: Area C ↔ Area D ↔ site-wide ladder",
      "relationType": "published cross-area correlation",
      "confidence": "high but model-dependent",
      "basis": "Published Tel Reḥov area correlation tied to the site-wide Iron Age ladder and radiocarbon sequence.",
      "caution": "Local phase order remains primary; the equation is a correlation model, not direct physical superposition between excavation areas.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "rehov-radiocarbon-ladder-2005"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-iron",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-v"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-area-c",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-c1b"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-area-d",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-d1b"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-rehov-iv",
      "siteId": "tel-rehov",
      "label": "Stratum IV: Area C ↔ Area D ↔ site-wide ladder",
      "relationType": "published cross-area correlation",
      "confidence": "high but model-dependent",
      "basis": "Published Tel Reḥov area correlation tied to the site-wide Iron Age ladder and radiocarbon sequence.",
      "caution": "Local phase order remains primary; the equation is a correlation model, not direct physical superposition between excavation areas.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "rehov-radiocarbon-ladder-2005"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-iron",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-iv"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-area-c",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-c1a"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-rehov-area-d",
          "phaseIds": [
            "rehov-d1a"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-1",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum XII",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
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        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f12"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-m",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-m11"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-2",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum X / X–IX transition",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
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        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f11"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k10"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-m",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-m8"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-3",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum IX",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f10"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h15"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-m",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-m7"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-4",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum VIII",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f9"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h14"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k9"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-5",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum VIIB",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f8"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h13"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k8",
            "meg-k7"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-6",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum VIIA",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f7"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h12"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k6"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-m",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-m6"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-q",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-q9"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-7",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum VIB",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f6"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h10"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k5"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-m",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-m5"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-q",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-q8"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-8",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum VIA",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-iron",
          "phaseIds": [
            "megiddo-via"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f5"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h9"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k4"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-l",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-l5"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-m",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-m4"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-q",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-q7"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-9",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum VB",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h7"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-l",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-l4"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-q",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-q6"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-10",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Strata VA–IVB",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-iron",
          "phaseIds": [
            "megiddo-va-ivb"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h5"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-l",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-l3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-q",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-q4"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-11",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum IVA — local-area crosswalk ending at the 732 BCE Assyrian horizon",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for published crosswalk; terminal H-3/Q-2 destruction historically anchored",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels H-4/H-3, Q-3/Q-2 and the related IVA-level contexts are cross-walked to University of Chicago Stratum IVA. H-3 and Q-2 preserve the terminal 732 BCE destruction contexts.",
      "caution": "Crosswalk membership does not mean every local surface formed simultaneously or that every IVA sector burned. Only area-specific destruction horizons are marked as such.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008",
        "shaar-levant-mesopotamia-2022",
        "megiddo-horse-industry-2025"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-iron",
          "phaseIds": [
            "megiddo-iva"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
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          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f4b"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h4",
            "meg-h3"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "meg-h3-732-destruction"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-k",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-k1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-l",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-l2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-q",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-q3",
            "meg-q2"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "meg-q2-732-destruction"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-megiddo-12",
      "siteId": "megiddo",
      "label": "Stratum III",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclatural correlation",
      "basis": "Renewed-excavation local Levels are explicitly correlated to the University of Chicago site-wide stratum scheme in the published Megiddo crosswalk.",
      "caution": "Several UoC strata contain more than one local subphase. “=” here means published crosswalk membership, not identical depositional history in every area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-megiddo-vi-2022",
        "v60-megiddo-eneae-2008"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-iron",
          "phaseIds": [
            "megiddo-iii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-f",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-f4a"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-h1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-l",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-l1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "megiddo-area-q",
          "phaseIds": [
            "meg-q1"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-1",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase N/2–3",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-n23"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-e23"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-2",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase N/1",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-n1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-e1"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-3",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase M",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-m"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ri",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-ri-d"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-4",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase K–L",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-kl"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ri",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-ri-c"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-5",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase I",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-i"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ri",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-ri-b2"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-6",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase H",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-h"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ri",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-ri-b1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-d2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-h"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-7",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase G/4",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-g4"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-d1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-g4"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-8",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase G/1–3",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-g13"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-g13"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-9",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase G",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-g"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-c"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-10",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase F",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-f"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-b3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-f"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-11",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase E/3",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-e3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-b2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-e3"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-12",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase E/2",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-e2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-b1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-e2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-av",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-av-e2"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-13",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase E/1",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-e1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-fi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-fi-a2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-e1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-av",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-av-e1"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-14",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase D/3",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-d3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-d3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-av",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-av-d3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-hi-vi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-h-g"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-15",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase D/2",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-d2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-d2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-av",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-av-d2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-hi-vi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-h-e2f"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-16",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase D/1",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-d1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-squat"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-av",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-av-squat"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-hi-vi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-h-e12",
            "avaris-h-e11",
            "avaris-h-d"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-17",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase C/3",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-c3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-hi-vi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-h-c"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-18",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase C/1",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-c1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-hi-vi",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-h-b"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-19",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase B/3",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-b3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-b3"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-20",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase B/2",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-b2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-b2"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-avaris-21",
      "siteId": "avaris",
      "label": "General Phase B/1",
      "relationType": "published master-phase crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for relative crosswalk; absolute dates remain modeled",
      "basis": "Tell el-Dabʿa master phases correlate overlapping local area sequences using pottery, architecture and recurring features.",
      "caution": "The master phase is a correlation framework. Local areas can subdivide one general phase differently, and gaps/denudation remain real.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v60-avaris-bietak-2022",
        "v60-avaris-kutschera-2012"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-master-crosswalk",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-master-b1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "avaris-ai-iv",
          "phaseIds": [
            "avaris-a-b1"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-hazor-lb-terminal",
      "siteId": "hazor",
      "label": "Terminal Late Bronze correlation scenario: Upper City ↔ Lower City Area H 1A",
      "relationType": "scenario-sensitive terminal horizon correlation",
      "confidence": "moderate–high for broad terminal-LB placement; exact lower-city stratum debated",
      "basis": "The upper-city palace destruction and late Lower City occupation belong to Hazor’s terminal Late Bronze sequence. Some reconstructions correlate the citywide end with Lower City 1A, while Area K microstratigraphy and other analyses place the principal gate destruction in 1B.",
      "caution": "Retained as an explicit correlation scenario rather than a settled deposit-level synchronism. Area K provides an alternative local destruction placement at the end of 1B.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "bechar-hazor-2021",
        "hazor-lower-city-2026",
        "runjajic-hazor-gate-2023"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "hazor-upper-city",
          "phaseIds": [
            "hazor-lb"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "hazor-lb-destruction"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "hazor-lower-city-h",
          "phaseIds": [
            "hazor-lower-h-1a"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-jerusalem-586",
      "siteId": "jerusalem",
      "label": "586 BCE Babylonian destruction: Area E ↔ Givʿati M1",
      "relationType": "shared historical destruction anchor",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Independent Jerusalem excavation areas preserve late Iron Age terminal destruction synchronized to the Babylonian destruction of 586 BCE.",
      "caution": "The event date synchronizes the areas historically; each excavation area still preserves its own local depositional sequence.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v56-jerusalem-area-e-2012",
        "v56-jerusalem-givati-m1-2013"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "jerusalem-city-david-area-e",
          "phaseIds": [
            "jer-area-e-iron-iibc"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "jerusalem-area-e-586"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "jerusalem-givati-m1",
          "phaseIds": [
            "jer-givati-iron"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "jerusalem-givati-586"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-eton-701",
      "siteId": "tel-eton",
      "label": "701 BCE Assyrian destruction: Areas A/B/D ↔ Building 101",
      "relationType": "shared destruction anchor",
      "confidence": "very high",
      "basis": "Area A, Area B and Building 101 preserve the sitewide late-eighth-century violent destruction; Area D2 terminates at the same modeled horizon.",
      "caution": "The 701 synchronization does not date the construction of Building 101 and does not imply equal preservation in every excavation area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v62-eton-faust-2011",
        "v62-eton-interregional-2014",
        "cambridge-tel-eton"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-eton-area-a",
          "phaseIds": [
            "eton-a4"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "eton-a4-assyrian-destruction"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-eton-area-b",
          "phaseIds": [
            "eton-b3"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "eton-b3-assyrian-destruction"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-eton-area-d",
          "phaseIds": [
            "eton-d2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-eton-building101",
          "phaseIds": [
            "eton-b101-use"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "eton-b101-destruction"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-moza-temple-transition",
      "siteId": "tel-moza",
      "label": "Earliest temple courtyard phase across the Stratum VII→VI transition",
      "relationType": "bounded transition overlap",
      "confidence": "moderate",
      "basis": "The earliest temple-courtyard phase begins in the late tenth/early ninth century and therefore overlaps the site-wide transition from Stratum VII into VI in the controlled chronology.",
      "caution": "This is a bounded chronological crosswalk, not a published equation of Courtyard Phase 1 with one single site-wide stratum.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v62-moza-greenhut-2021",
        "v62-moza-iaa-2009",
        "v62-moza-iaa-2020",
        "kisilevitz-tel-moza-2015"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-moza-site-crosswalk",
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            "moza-vii",
            "moza-vi"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-moza-temple-courtyard",
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            "moza-temple-p1"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-elephantine-persian-yhw",
      "siteId": "elephantine",
      "label": "Persian-period town ↔ YHW/Judean precinct sequence",
      "relationType": "containment crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for historical containment; local architecture partial",
      "basis": "The YHW temple/precinct sequence belongs within Elephantine’s Achaemenid/Persian-period town history, with the 410 BCE destruction providing a precise documentary anchor.",
      "caution": "The site-wide Persian band is an orientation synthesis, not a local building stratum; the precinct sequence must not be treated as vertically equivalent to the whole town.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "v243-elephantine-dai",
        "p8121-elephantine-arnold-2023"
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        {
          "sequenceId": "elephantine-settlement-crosswalk",
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            "elephantine-persian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "elephantine-yhw-precinct",
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            "elephantine-yhw-use",
            "elephantine-yhw-post410"
          ],
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            "elephantine-yhw-410"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-dura-256",
      "siteId": "dura-europos",
      "label": "254–256 CE siege burial: synagogue ↔ Christian Building",
      "relationType": "shared siege-abandonment anchor",
      "confidence": "very high",
      "basis": "Both communal buildings terminate when western structures were buried in Roman defensive works during the final siege and abandonment of Dura-Europos.",
      "caution": "This synchronizes terminal use; it does not imply identical construction histories or a Sasanian burn layer.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "p8121-dura-yale-synagogue",
        "p8121-dura-yale-christian",
        "p8121-dura-angelo-silver-2024"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "dura-synagogue",
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            "dura-syn-final"
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            "dura-syn-256"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "dura-christian-building",
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            "dura-ch-adapted"
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          "horizonIds": [
            "dura-ch-256"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-ashkelon-604-grid38-grid50",
      "siteId": "ashkelon",
      "label": "Grid 38 Phase 14 ↔ Grid 50 Phase 7 — 604 BCE destruction",
      "relationType": "historically anchored destruction synchronism",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "The final seventh-century report identifies both local terminal phases as sectors of the city destroyed in the Babylonian campaign of 604 BCE.",
      "caution": "A shared destruction date synchronizes terminal horizons; it does not make the two excavation areas one physical stratigraphic section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "stager-master-schloen-ashkelon3-2011"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "ashkelon-grid38-604",
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            "ashkelon-g38-p14-604"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "ashkelon-grid50-604",
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            "ashkelon-g50-p7-604"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-jericho-gh-ivc-crosswalk",
      "siteId": "jericho",
      "label": "Spring Hill Sultan IVc ↔ site crosswalk Sultan IVc",
      "relationType": "published local-to-Sultan period crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for period translation; local preservation varies",
      "basis": "The 2024 interim report explicitly assigns the local architectural contexts to Sultan phases and publishes the updated site-wide periodization.",
      "caution": "This translates phase nomenclature; it does not merge the local excavation area with the site-wide synthesis into one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "nigro-yasine-jericho-2024"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-area-gh-spring-hill",
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            "jericho-gh-ivc"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-periods",
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            "jericho-ivc"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-jericho-gh-va-crosswalk",
      "siteId": "jericho",
      "label": "Spring Hill Sultan Va ↔ site crosswalk Sultan Va",
      "relationType": "published local-to-Sultan period crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for period translation; local preservation varies",
      "basis": "The 2024 interim report explicitly assigns the local architectural contexts to Sultan phases and publishes the updated site-wide periodization.",
      "caution": "This translates phase nomenclature; it does not merge the local excavation area with the site-wide synthesis into one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "nigro-yasine-jericho-2024"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-area-gh-spring-hill",
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            "jericho-gh-va"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-periods",
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            "jericho-va"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-jericho-gh-vb-crosswalk",
      "siteId": "jericho",
      "label": "Spring Hill Sultan Vb ↔ site crosswalk Sultan Vb",
      "relationType": "published local-to-Sultan period crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for period translation; local preservation varies",
      "basis": "The 2024 interim report explicitly assigns the local architectural contexts to Sultan phases and publishes the updated site-wide periodization.",
      "caution": "This translates phase nomenclature; it does not merge the local excavation area with the site-wide synthesis into one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "nigro-yasine-jericho-2024"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-area-gh-spring-hill",
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            "jericho-gh-vb"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-periods",
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            "jericho-vb"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-jericho-gh-via-crosswalk",
      "siteId": "jericho",
      "label": "Spring Hill Sultan VIa2 ↔ site crosswalk Sultan VIa",
      "relationType": "published local-to-Sultan period crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for period translation; local preservation varies",
      "basis": "The 2024 interim report explicitly assigns the local architectural contexts to Sultan phases and publishes the updated site-wide periodization.",
      "caution": "This translates phase nomenclature; it does not merge the local excavation area with the site-wide synthesis into one physical section.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "nigro-yasine-jericho-2024"
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        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-area-gh-spring-hill",
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            "jericho-gh-via2"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-periods",
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            "jericho-via"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-jericho-ae-ivc-crosswalk",
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      "label": "Areas A/E Sultan IVc ↔ site crosswalk Sultan IVc",
      "relationType": "published local-to-Sultan period crosswalk",
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      "basis": "The 2024 interim report explicitly assigns the local architectural contexts to Sultan phases and publishes the updated site-wide periodization.",
      "caution": "This translates phase nomenclature; it does not merge the local excavation area with the site-wide synthesis into one physical section.",
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        "nigro-yasine-jericho-2024"
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        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-south-ae-fortifications",
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            "jericho-ae-ivc"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-periods",
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            "jericho-ivc"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-jericho-ae-va-crosswalk",
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      "label": "Areas A/E Sultan Va ↔ site crosswalk Sultan Va",
      "relationType": "published local-to-Sultan period crosswalk",
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      "basis": "The 2024 interim report explicitly assigns the local architectural contexts to Sultan phases and publishes the updated site-wide periodization.",
      "caution": "This translates phase nomenclature; it does not merge the local excavation area with the site-wide synthesis into one physical section.",
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        "nigro-yasine-jericho-2024"
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        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-south-ae-fortifications",
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            "jericho-ae-va"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-periods",
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            "jericho-va"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-jericho-ae-via-crosswalk",
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      "relationType": "published local-to-Sultan period crosswalk",
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      "basis": "The 2024 interim report explicitly assigns the local architectural contexts to Sultan phases and publishes the updated site-wide periodization.",
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        "nigro-yasine-jericho-2024"
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        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-south-ae-fortifications",
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            "jericho-ae-via2"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "jericho-periods",
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            "jericho-via"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-hazor-k3-h3",
      "siteId": "hazor",
      "label": "Lower City Stratum 3: Area K ↔ Area H",
      "relationType": "published lower-city stratum crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclature/relative order",
      "basis": "Both local sequences preserve Lower City Stratum 3 within the Middle Bronze occupation system.",
      "caution": "This is a cross-area period/stratum correlation, not proof that individual surfaces formed simultaneously.",
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        "runjajic-hazor-gate-2023",
        "hazor-lower-city-2026"
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        {
          "sequenceId": "hazor-lower-city-k-gate",
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            "hazor-k-3"
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        },
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          "sequenceId": "hazor-lower-city-h",
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            "hazor-lower-h-3"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-hazor-k2-h2",
      "siteId": "hazor",
      "label": "Lower City Stratum 2: Area K ↔ Area H",
      "relationType": "published lower-city stratum crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for nomenclature/relative order",
      "basis": "Area K and Area H both preserve a Lower City Stratum 2 / Late Bronze I occupation.",
      "caution": "The crosswalk does not require identical local architecture or destruction history.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "runjajic-hazor-gate-2023",
        "hazor-lower-city-2026"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "hazor-lower-city-k-gate",
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        },
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          "sequenceId": "hazor-lower-city-h",
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            "hazor-lower-h-2"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-hazor-k1b-h1b",
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      "relationType": "published lower-city stratum crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high for stratum label; destruction significance differs by area",
      "basis": "Both sequences preserve Lower City Stratum 1B / Late Bronze II. In Area K this includes the major gate fire/collapse; Area H records drainage and ritual/occupation activity.",
      "caution": "The relation synchronizes the stratum designation, not every deposit. It does not resolve the larger 1B-versus-1A debate for Hazor’s final citywide destruction.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "runjajic-hazor-gate-2023",
        "hazor-lower-city-2026"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "hazor-lower-city-k-gate",
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            "hazor-k-1b"
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            "hazor-k-1b-fire-collapse"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "hazor-lower-city-h",
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            "hazor-lower-h-1b"
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      ]
    },
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      "id": "sync-lachish-1",
      "siteId": "lachish",
      "label": "Level III — mound/gate crosswalk ending at 701 BCE",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "very high for phase equivalence and terminal 701 BCE anchor",
      "basis": "The inner gate belongs to Lachish Level III; both the local gate sequence and the mound-wide level sequence terminate in the Assyrian destruction of 701 BCE.",
      "caution": "This crosswalk does not imply every Level III room shares the same formation history or that every feature in the gatehouse was used for the same function.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "ganor-kreimerman-lachish-2019",
        "ussishkin-lachish-gate-2021",
        "lachish-fourth-expedition-2021"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "lachish-levels",
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            "lachish-iii"
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          "horizonIds": [
            "lachish-iii-701"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "lachish-gate-complex",
          "phaseIds": [
            "lachish-gate-iii"
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          "horizonIds": [
            "lachish-gate-iii-701"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-lachish-2",
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      "label": "Level II — mound/gate/guardroom crosswalk",
      "relationType": "published local-level crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "The final gate/guardroom and Lachish Letters context belongs to Stratum/Level II of the rebuilt Judahite city.",
      "caution": "Corpus-level Level II association does not give every ostracon the same micro-locus; specimen catalog data remains controlling where preserved.",
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        "lachish-fourth-expedition-2021"
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        {
          "sequenceId": "lachish-levels",
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            "lachish-ii"
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            "lachish-ii-586"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "lachish-gate-complex",
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            "lachish-gate-ii"
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          "horizonIds": [
            "lachish-gate-ii-586"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-ekron-604-elite-industrial",
      "siteId": "tel-miqne-ekron",
      "label": "Field IV Upper IB ↔ Field III IB terminal 604 BCE horizon",
      "relationType": "historically anchored cross-area synchronization",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Both local late Iron IIC sectors terminate in the historically synchronized Neo-Babylonian destruction of Ekron in 604 BCE.",
      "caution": "The relation synchronizes the terminal horizon; it does not make the elite/temple and industrial deposits one physical layer or require identical formation processes.",
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        "ekron-temple-650-final-2022",
        "ekron-field-iv-iic-final-2017"
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        {
          "sequenceId": "ekron-field-iv-upper-iic",
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            "ekron-fivu-ib"
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            "ekron-fivu-604-destruction"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "ekron-field-iii-industrial",
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            "ekron-fiii-ib"
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          "horizonIds": [
            "ekron-fiii-604-destruction"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-dan-b-ironi-crosswalk",
      "siteId": "tel-dan",
      "label": "Area B Strata VI–V ↔ site-wide Iron I",
      "relationType": "local-to-site crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Final-report stratigraphy and 14C contexts place Areas A–B/B VI–V within the broader Iron I horizon.",
      "caution": "The crosswalk does not merge Area B with independent Area Y/K deposits.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "tel-dan-daniv-2019",
        "rc-tel-dan-bruins-2014"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-area-b-ironi",
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            "dan-b-vi",
            "dan-b-v"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-iron-later",
          "phaseIds": [
            "dan-iron-i"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-dan-b-early-ironii-crosswalk",
      "siteId": "tel-dan",
      "label": "Area B IVB–IVA ↔ site-wide early Iron II",
      "relationType": "local-to-site crosswalk",
      "confidence": "moderate–high",
      "basis": "Area B IVB–IVA represent the late Iron I / early Iron II transition and early Iron II occupation.",
      "caution": "The IVB/IVA boundary is locally complex and should not be forced across every excavation area.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "tel-dan-daniv-2019"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-area-b-ironi",
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            "dan-b-ivb",
            "dan-b-iva"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-iron-later",
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            "dan-iron-iia"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-dan-area-t-ironii-crosswalk",
      "siteId": "tel-dan",
      "label": "Area T Strata III–II ↔ site-wide eighth/ninth-century city",
      "relationType": "local-to-site crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "Area T sacred-precinct horizons belong to the ninth–eighth-century Iron II city represented by the site-wide synthesis.",
      "caution": "Cultic deposits remain a separate local depositional history from gate and domestic areas.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "davis-tel-dan-cult-2013"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-area-t-ironii",
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            "dan-t-iii",
            "dan-t-ii"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-iron-later",
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            "dan-iron-iib"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-dan-gate-ironii-crosswalk",
      "siteId": "tel-dan",
      "label": "Gate/piazza sequence ↔ site-wide Iron IIB city",
      "relationType": "local-to-site crosswalk",
      "confidence": "high",
      "basis": "The monumental gate/piazza and stele-reuse phases belong to the ninth–eighth-century Iron II city.",
      "caution": "This synchronizes broad chronology only; it does not make the gate and Area T one stratigraphic column.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "biran-naveh-tel-dan-1993",
        "biran-naveh-tel-dan-1995"
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      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-gate-stele-reuse",
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            "dan-gate-mid9",
            "dan-gate-late9-early8",
            "dan-gate-pre732"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-iron-later",
          "phaseIds": [
            "dan-iron-iib"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sync-dan-732-terminal-horizon",
      "siteId": "tel-dan",
      "label": "Area T II ↔ gate/piazza ↔ site-wide terminal eighth-century destruction",
      "relationType": "cross-area historically anchored horizon",
      "confidence": "high for shared terminal horizon; probable for Tiglath-pileser attribution",
      "basis": "The Stratum II destruction is exposed across Areas A, B and T; gate/piazza destruction debris seals the stele-reuse pavement by the same late-eighth-century transition.",
      "caution": "A shared terminal horizon does not imply identical burning, collapse or depositional processes in every area, and the named Assyrian attribution remains historical synchronization.",
      "referenceIds": [
        "davis-tel-dan-cult-2013",
        "biran-naveh-tel-dan-1995"
      ],
      "members": [
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-area-t-ironii",
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            "dan-t-ii"
          ],
          "horizonIds": [
            "dan-t-ii-destruction"
          ]
        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-gate-stele-reuse",
          "phaseIds": [
            "dan-gate-pre732"
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          "horizonIds": [
            "dan-gate-732-destruction"
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        },
        {
          "sequenceId": "tel-dan-iron-later",
          "phaseIds": [
            "dan-iron-iib"
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          "horizonIds": [
            "tel-dan-assyrian-partial-destruction"
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        }
      ]
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  "siteNotes": {}
}