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The olive-branch dating of the Santorini eruption

Cherubini, Paolo ; Humbel, Turi ; Beeckman, Hans ; Gärtner, Holger ; Mannes, David ; Pearson, Charlotte ; Schoch, Werner ; Tognetti, Roberto ; Lev-Yadun, Simcha

In: Antiquity, 2014, vol. 88, no. 339, p. 267-273

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    Titel
    • The olive-branch dating of the Santorini eruption
    Autor
    • Cherubini, Paolo. WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland (Email: paolo.cherubini@wsl.ch (author for correspondence), holz.schoch@woodanatomy.eu, holger.gaertner@wsl.ch)
    • Humbel, Turi. WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland (Email: paolo.cherubini@wsl.ch (author for correspondence), holz.schoch@woodanatomy.eu, holger.gaertner@wsl.ch)
    • Beeckman, Hans. Laboratory for Wood Biology and Xylarium, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvense Steenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium (Email: hans.beeckman@africamuseum.be)
    • Gärtner, Holger. WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland (Email: paolo.cherubini@wsl.ch (author for correspondence), holz.schoch@woodanatomy.eu, holger.gaertner@wsl.ch)
    • Mannes, David. PSI Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland (Email: david.mannes@psi.ch)
    • Pearson, Charlotte. The Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Laboratory for Aegean and Near Eastern Dendrochronology, B-48 Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3201, USA (Email: c.pearson@cornell.edu)
    • Schoch, Werner. WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland (Email: paolo.cherubini@wsl.ch (author for correspondence), holz.schoch@woodanatomy.eu, holger.gaertner@wsl.ch)
    • Tognetti, Roberto. Department of Science and Technology of the Environment and Territory, University of Molise, I-86090 Pesche, Italy (Email: tognetti@unimol.it)
    • Lev-Yadun, Simcha. Department of Biology & Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel (Email: levyadun@research.haifa.ac.il)
    Dokumententyp
    • Postprint
    Sprache
    • Englisch
    Veröffentlicht in
    • Antiquity, 2014, vol. 88, no. 339, p. 267-273. Cambridge University Press
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    • oai:doc.rero.ch:291367
    Summary
    The date of the volcanic eruption of Santorini that caused extensive damage toMinoan Crete has been controversial since the 1980s. Some have placed the event in the late seventeenth century BC. Others have made the case for a younger date of around 1500 BC. A recent contribution to that controversy has been the dating of an olive tree branch preserved within the volcanic ash fall on Santorini. In this debate feature Paolo Cherubini and colleagues argue that the olive tree dating (which supports the older chronology) is unreliable on a number of grounds. There follows a response from the authors of that dating, and comments from other specialists, with a closing reply from Cherubini and his team