Ancient pests: The season of the Santorini Minoan volcanic eruption and a date from insect chitin

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 683-689

  Panagiotakopulu, Eva ^a   Higham, Thomas ^b   Sarpaki, Anaya ^c   Buckland, Paul ^c   Doumas, Christos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Athens ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Insect pests; Minoan eruption; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

BEETLE; BRONZE AGE; CHITIN; CROP PEST; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; PALEOECOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; SEASON; VOLCANO; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; CHITIN; HISTORY, ANCIENT; SEASONS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WEEVILS;

AKROTIRI WETLAND; CYPRUS; GREECE; LIMASSOL; SANTORINI [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; BRUCHUS RUFIPES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84879841808     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1068-8     Document Type: Article

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