Thera in the Bronze AgeThe modern excavations at Akrotiri, on the Greek island of Thera (also known as Santorini), have provided students of antiquity with a unique opportunity to examine the civilization of the Aegean Bronze Age (3000-1100 BC) and the role of Thera within it. "Thera in the Bronze Age" presents a detailed study of the geography, history, and culture of a vibrant society that met its end in a catastrophic volcanic eruption which, ironically, preserved the city at Akrotiri just as it was in its final moments. |
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Birth of an Island | 1 |
Thera and the Emergence of the Cyclades | 19 |
Thera and Crete in the Late Bronze Age | 39 |
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adyton Aegean World Akrotiri peninsula Archaeological artefacts Athens Ayia Irini building caldera Cape Riva century B.C. ceramic Chronology Complex Alpha Complex Delta Cycladic islands Cycladic period D.A. Hardy debris decorated depicted Druitt Early Bronze Age Early Cycladic earthquake east EC IIIA eruption of Thera evidence existence Figure figurines Fira fragments frieze goddess Greece Heiken hereafter J.L. Davis Kabri Kastri Knossos Laffineur large number Late Bronze Age Late Cycladic Late Minoan IA Late Neolithic LBA eruption located London mainland Marthari Megalo Vouno Melos meters Middle Cycladic Miniature Fresco Minoan Crete Minoan Eruption Minoan pottery Mycenaean Neolithic Niemeier north wall northern obsidian paintings Palyvou Phylakopi polythyra postulated pottery Prehistoric pumice radiocarbon ritual Room Santorini settlement sherds ships Skaros southern Spyridon Marinatos stone TAP Service Telchines tephra Thalassocracy Thera Foundation Therasia tion town vessels volcanic wall-paintings West House western wall Xesté