Bronze Age myths? Volcanic activity and human response in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic regions

A first rule of statistics is that the existence of a correlation does not itself prove a causal connection. This is the heart of the recurrent question in later European prehistory — whether in the Mediterranean or in the Atlantic northwest — about volcanic eruptions, their impact on climate, and t...

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Published in:Antiquity
Main Authors: Buckland, Paul C., Dugmore, Andrew J., Edwards, Kevin J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
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North Atlantic
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0003598x00085343 2024-06-23T07:55:01+00:00 Bronze Age myths? Volcanic activity and human response in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic regions Buckland, Paul C. Dugmore, Andrew J. Edwards, Kevin J. 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00085343 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X00085343 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antiquity volume 71, issue 273, page 581-593 ISSN 0003-598X 1745-1744 journal-article 1997 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00085343 2024-06-05T04:03:58Z A first rule of statistics is that the existence of a correlation does not itself prove a causal connection. This is the heart of the recurrent question in later European prehistory — whether in the Mediterranean or in the Atlantic northwest — about volcanic eruptions, their impact on climate, and then of the climatic impact on human populations. The burial under tephra of the Late Bronze Age settlement of Santorini is proof of a particular catastrophe: but is there the evidence to prove wider European calamity? Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Antiquity 71 273 581 593
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