Chronology for the Aegean Late Bronze Age 1700-1400 BCManning, S. W., Ramsey, C. B., Kutschera, W., Higham, T., Kromer, B., Steier, P. and Wild, E. M. (2006) Chronology for the Aegean Late Bronze Age 1700-1400 BC. Science, 312 (5773). pp. 565-569. ISSN 0036-8075 Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1126/science.1125682 Abstract/SummaryRadiocarbon (carbon-14) data from the Aegean Bronze Age 1700-1400 B.C. show that the Santorini (Thera) eruption must have occurred in the late 17th century B.C. By using carbon-14 dates from the surrounding region, cultural phases, and Bayesian statistical analysis, we established a chronology for the initial Aegean Late Bronze Age cultural phases (Late Minoan IA, IB, and II). This chronology contrasts with conventional archaeological dates and cultural synthesis: stretching out the Late Minoan IA, IB, and II phases by similar to 100 years and requiring reassessment of standard interpretations of associations between the Egyptian and Near Eastern historical dates and phases and those in the Aegean and Cyprus in the mid-second millennium B.C.
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