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Posted on 10/22/2018 10:51:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The dating of a piece of olive tree found on Thirasia will move the dating of the eruption of Santorini's volcano a few decades later than current estimates, the Ministry of Culture and Sports said on Friday.
The wood was found in the area "Kimissi Thirassias", the prehistoric settlement which lies on a hillside of the island once connected to Thira, or Santorini, at least up to the Middle Bronze Age, before the volcano exploded.
The settlement is on top of a hill on the southern side of Thirasia, and on the edge of the caldera that existed before the volcano explosion, that is variously dated from 1627 BC to 1600 BC. The wood belongs to the last stratigraphic phase before the explosion, the ministry said.
The University of Arizona at Tucson team that tested the wood show that "the wood dates absolutely to the early 16th century BC, therefore places the Minoan-era blast some decades after the date supported until now."
(Excerpt) Read more at en.protothema.gr ...
"Even when, during the respective Thera Conferences, individual scientists had pointed out that the magnitude and significance of the Thera eruption must be estimated as less than previously thought, the conferences acted to strengthen the original hypothesis. The individual experts believed that the arguments advanced by their colleagues were sound, and that the facts of a natural catastrophe were not in doubt... All three factors reflect a fantasy world rather than cool detachment, which is why it so difficult to refute the theory with rational arguments." -- Eberhard Zangger, "The Future of the Past: Archaeology in the 21st Century", pp 49-50.
Thera eruption in 1613 BC
ANA | 12/03/2008 | SIMELA PANTZARTZI
Posted on 12/03/2008 4:12:12 AM PST by Mike Fieschko
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2142040/posts
Greek Island of Santorini Volcano Erupted in 16th Century
Greek Reporter | March 8, 2014 | Abed Alloush
Posted on 03/22/2014 4:46:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3136242/posts
Dating the Ancient Minoan Eruption of Thera Using Tree Rings
University of Arizona | Wednesday, August15, 2018 | Mari N. Jensen
Posted on 08/16/2018
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3679761/posts
Important new finds discovered at Akrotiri prehistoric settlement on Santorini island
TornosNews.gr | October 12, 2018 | unattributed
Posted on 10/15/2018 11:43:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3696970/posts?page=4#4
Pottery is cool.
Side note. Interestingly enough they just found out the date of the eruption of Vesuvius is incorrect, only by the month though.
Side side note. We now also know the origin of the phrase, “Kimissi thirassias goodbye.”
*groan*
...unless you're a crackpot!
Hoping to sail there one day.
I’ll send pictures.
Wow.
Interesting.
Thanks for the Santorini links.
My pleasure. Considering there isn't much going on with Santorini, there sure are a lot of topics about it, or somewhat closely related to it. Same goes for the Antikythera Mechanism. That's different from the Antigrizelda Mechanism, which is a four speed monophonic turntable with a Monkees LP on the the spindle.
...or if it's caught in a volcanic eruption.
When you’re hot, you’re hot!
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