▁which ▁occurred ▁between ▁ 1 3 5 0 ▁and ▁ 1 2 0 0 ▁B CE . ▁ ▁Iron ▁Age ▁Following ▁its ▁destruction ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Bron ze ▁Age , ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁re built ▁somewhere ▁between ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁and ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 1 th ▁centuries ▁B CE . ▁It ▁appears ▁that ▁the ▁reconst ruction ▁took ▁place ▁within ▁a ▁few ▁dec ades , ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁structures ▁followed ▁the ▁alignment ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁buildings . ▁The ▁Iron ▁Age ▁city ▁has ▁three ▁distinct ▁periods . ▁In ▁the ▁first , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁finds ▁were ▁locally - made ▁C ana an ite ▁tools ▁and ▁pot tery , ▁characteristic ▁of ▁the ▁Late ▁Bron ze ▁Age , ▁although ▁some ▁artifact s ▁of ▁Pho en ician ▁and ▁Phil ist ine ▁origin ▁were ▁also ▁found . ▁One ▁notable ▁structure ▁of ▁that ▁period ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" H ouse ▁of ▁O il ", ▁as ▁the ▁tools ▁and ▁o live ▁p its ▁found ▁in ▁it ▁indicate ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁oil ▁mill . ▁The ▁house ▁is ▁connected ▁to ▁a ▁cave , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁residents ▁buried ▁their ▁dead . ▁ ▁The ▁destruction ▁of ▁Y ok ne am ▁in ▁the ▁Late ▁Bron ze ▁Age , ▁and ▁its ▁establishment ▁during ▁the ▁Iron ▁Age ▁I ▁period , ▁can ▁be ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁con quest s ▁of ▁the ▁Israel ites ▁under ▁Josh ua . ▁Y ok ne am ▁is ▁mentioned ▁three ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible , ▁in ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Josh ua . ▁It ▁first ▁appears ▁in