The Thera (Santorini) Volcanic Eruption and the
Absolute Chronology of the Aegean Bronze Age

 

A WWW companion site to: Sturt W. Manning, A test of time: the volcano of Thera and the chronology and history of the Aegean and east Mediterranean in the mid second millennium BC (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1999). Softback. Pp. 494 + xxxiii, figs. 66, tables 14, pls.15. ISBN 1-900188-99-6. 28.  Oxbow Books, Park End Place, Oxford OX1 1HN, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1865 241249. Fax: +44 (0) 1865 794449. E-Mail: oxbow@oxbowbooks.com  In North America, contact: The David Brown Book Company, PO Box 511, Oakville, CT 06779, USA. Tel: 860 945 9329. Fax: 860 945 9468.

 

 

** CHANGES 28 April 2006 **

 

 

è THIS SITE IS NOW AVAILABLE AS A PDF FILE –

 http://www.arts.cornell.edu/classics/Faculty/testoftime.pdf

 

è Brief information on radiocarbon and dendrochronology available also at: 

 

(i) Information on Radiocarbon measurements and calibrated ages, and WWW resources, in brief at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/classics/Faculty/RadiocarbonIntro.pdf.pdf

(ii) Information on Dendrochronology and WWW, in brief at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/classics/Faculty/DendroInfo.pdf.pdf

 

 

Please follow the links above for the pdf files (Note: Adobe Acrobat 5 or higher is required – this is available free, click here).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Cover illustrations:

Detail of Saffron GatherersFresco from Akrotiri, Thera.  Photograph with permission of the TheraFoundation

Late Cypriot IA Proto WhiteSlip Sherd from Maroni Tsaroukkas,Cyprus

Late Cypriot IA White PaintedVI jug from Maroni Tsaroukkas,Cyprus

Juniper sample 3E, 765 rings,from the Midas Mound Tumulus, Gordion.  Photograph by Peter Ian Kuniholm

View of the lower part of theMinoan eruption pumice deposits in the Phira quarry, Thera
 

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