Bronze Age myths? Volcanic activity and human response in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic regions

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 273, 1997, Pages 581-593

  Buckland, Paul C ^a   Dugmore, Andrew J ^b   Edwards, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000503541     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00085343     Document Type: Article

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