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    Dating the Volcanic Eruption at Thera

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    Author
    Bronk Ramsey, Christopher
    Manning, Sturt W.
    Galimberti, Mariagrazia
    Issue Date
    2004-01-01
    Keywords
    absolute age
    Aegean Islands
    Asia
    Bayesian analysis
    C 14
    calibration
    carbon
    Cenozoic
    chronology
    Cyclades
    dates
    eruptions
    Europe
    Greece
    Greek Aegean Islands
    Holocene
    isotopes
    measurement
    Mediterranean region
    Middle East
    Miletos Turkey
    Quaternary
    radioactive isotopes
    samples
    Southern Europe
    statistical analysis
    Thera
    Turkey
    volcanoes
    western Turkey
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    Bronk Ramsey, C., Manning, S. W., & Galimberti, M. (2004). Dating the volcanic eruption at Thera. Radiocarbon, 46(1), 325-344.
    Publisher
    Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
    Journal
    Radiocarbon
    Description
    From the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Wellington, New Zealand, September 1-5, 2003.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/654773
    DOI
    10.1017/S0033822200039631
    Additional Links
    http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
    Abstract
    The eruption of the volcano at Thera (Santorini) in the Aegean Sea undoubtedly had a profound influence on the civilizations of the surrounding region. The date of the eruption has been a subject of much controversy because it must be linked into the established and intricate archaeological phasings of both the prehistoric Aegean and the wider east Mediterranean. Radiocarbon dating of material from the volcanic destruction layer itself can provide some evidence for the date of the eruption, but because of the shape of the calibration curve for the relevant period, the value of such dates relies on there being no biases in the data sets. However, by dating the material from phases earlier and later than the eruption, some of the problems of the calibration data set can be circumvented and the chronology for the region can be resolved with more certainty. In this paper, we draw together the evidence we have accumulated so far, including new data on the destruction layer itself and for the preceding cultural horizon at Thera, and from associated layers at Miletos in western Turkey. Using Bayesian models to synthesize the data and to identify outliers, we conclude from the most reliable 14C evidence (and using the INTCAL98 calibration data set) that the eruption of Thera occurred between 1663 and 1599 BC.
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    Proceedings
    text
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0033-8222
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1017/S0033822200039631
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