Volcanoes! - Dirt 124

Let’s lean into our fear of pyroclastic flow and talk about the traces that volcanoes can leave in the archaeological record. Turns out, it’s a lot more than buried cities. We’ll also take a look at how volcanoes manifest in the myths and legends of various cultures.

Links

• Hawaiian Myths Tell A Story About Volcanic Activity At Kilauea (Forbes)

• Volcano Myths and Rituals (American Scientist)

• Why ancient myths about volcanoes are often true (BBC)

• The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis (Women Write About Comics)

• Santorini eruption: new theory says ‘pyroclastic flows’ caused devastating Bronze Age tsunamis (The Conversation)

• The A.D. 79 Eruption at Mt. Vesuvius (UCSD Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics)

• Tephrochronology and its application: A review (Quaternary Geology)

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