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Author Manning, Sturt W., author

Title A test of time and a test of time revisited : the volcano of Thera and the chronology and history of the Aegean and east Mediterranean in the mid-second millennium BC / Sturt W. Manning
Edition Second edition
Published Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 494, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
Contents Part 1: a test of time. Introduction -- A brief history of the Thera debate -- Aims and preliminary issues for this study -- Archaeological and historical evidence -- Absolute dating evidence -- Summary and conclusions -- Some implications, and the problem of dating Alalakh VII -- Appendix 1: Egyptian chronology -- Appendix 2: Why the standard chronologies are approximately correct, and why radical re-datings are therefore incorrect
Summary "This book seeks a resolution of the Thera date, and related archaeological chronologies, based on a critical review of all current archaeological and scientific data. A new "early" chronology for the Aegean c. 1700-1400 BC is proposed"-- Page 4 of cover
Notes "This second edition reprints the original book and then presents the all-new A Test of Time Revisited: a critical and up to date re-examination of the topic, debate, and the latest evidence"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Volcanoes -- Greece -- Santorini Island
Bronze age.
Civilization, Aegean -- Chronology
Antiquities
Bronze age
Civilization, Aegean
Volcanoes
SUBJECT Santorini Island (Greece) -- Antiquities
Greece -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057037
Subject Greece
Greece -- Santorini Island
Genre/Form Chronologies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782972204
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9781782972228
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