The Troubled Island: Minoan Crete Before and After the Santorini Eruption

by Colin F. MacDonald and Jan Driessen

Our thesis is that the archaeological evidence suggests a severe economic dislocation during the Late Minoan IB ceramic period in Crete. This appears to have been triggered, first by a tectonic earthquake and shortly afterwards by the eruption of Thera early in the Late Bronze Age (Late Minoan IA) after which the situation gradually worsened, accompanied by a general feeling of uncertainty caused by the eruption and its effects. The tectonic earthquake...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042924160
• ISBN13: 9789042924161
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 11.3"