https://doi.org/10.4081/arc.2014.5265

Radiocarbon dating of the Theran eruption

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): 38th International Symposium on Archaeometry | Tampa, Florida: from Bioarchaeology to Integrated Site Studies
Submitted: 24 December 2013
Accepted: 24 December 2013
Published: 13 February 2014
radiocarbon dating, chronology, Theran eruption
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Malcolm H. Wiener
mhwiener@villacandia.com
The Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Greenwich, CT, United States.
Jason W. Earle
The Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Greenwich, CT, United States.
Radiocarbon dates from material found in the Theran Volcanic Destruction Level are frequently said to require an earlier date for the event than the date range provided by the traditional chronology based on Near Eastern and Egyptian texts, archaeoastronomy, datable deposits of pumice from the eruption and numerous archaeological interconnections between Egypt, Cyprus and the Aegean. This paper considers a number of problems inherent in the proposed 14C dating.

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Wiener, M. H., & Earle, J. W. (2014). Radiocarbon dating of the Theran eruption. Open Journal of Archaeometry, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/arc.2014.5265

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