The Theran eruption and Minoan palatial collapse: New interpretations gained from modelling the maritime network

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 329, 2011, Pages 1008-1023

  Knappett, Carl ^a   Rivers, Ray ^b   Evans, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean; Akrotiri; Bronze Age; Crete; Maritime; Minoan; Santorini; Thera

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052112842     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00068459     Document Type: Article

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