A test of time and a test of time revisited : the volcano of Thera and the chronology and history of the Aegean and east Mediterranean in the mid-second millennium BC /

A test of time and a test of time revisited : the volcano of Thera and the chronology and history of the Aegean and east Mediterranean in the mid-second millennium BC /

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Main Author: Manning, Sturt W. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2014.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Subjects:

Civilization, Aegean > Congresses.
Volcanoes > Greece > Santorini Island.
Volcanoes > Santorini Island.

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Call Number: DF221 .T38 M35 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: a test of time. Introduction
  • A brief history of the Thera debate
  • Aims and preliminary issues for this study
  • Archaeological and historical evidence
  • Absolute dating evidence
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Some implications, and the problem of dating Alalakh VII
  • Appendix 1: Egyptian chronology
  • Appendix 2: Why the standard chronologies are approximately correct, and why radical re-datings are therefore incorrect.