It is likely that some of the buildings that survived the disaster were used to rebuild the city. They were used to build long stretches of defensive walls and to extend the fortifications, and archaeological work has uncovered huge food storage vessels - called pithos - buried in the ground. Traces of a huge fire were found in the city, which probably caused its destruction.
In the period between Troy VII and VIII - until 700 B.C. - archaeologists found no traces of settlement. This could mean that the hill was not inhabited at that time, or that there was only a small settlement on it.
