New evidence for an early date for the Aegean Late Bronze Age and thera eruption

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 293, 2002, Pages 733-744

  Manning, Sturt W ^a   Bronk Ramsey, Christopher ^b   Doumas, Christos ^c   Marketou, Toula ^d   Cadogan, Gerald ^e   Pearson, Charlotte L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Excavations at Akrotiri   (Greece)

^d 22nd Ephorate Prehistoric Class A ^*  (Greece)

^e Old Rectory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology; Late Bronze Age; Late Minoan; Radiocarbon; Thera

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CHRONOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GREECE; THERA;

EID: 0344123857     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00091183     Document Type: Article

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