New archaeological evidence casts doubt on mega-tsunami theory of Minoan collapse

From: Eric Stevens (eric.stevens_at_sum.co.nz)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:06:45 +1300

>From http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/caji-54

Environmental Catastrophes and Recoveries in the Holocene
August 29 - September 2, 2002
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, Brunel University
Uxbridge, UK
        

Organizers
Prof Suzanne Leroy, Dr Iain Stewart

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The Late Minoan tsunami in the eastern Mediterranean: a re-examination
by
Dale Dominey-Howes
Centre for Earth and Environmental Science Research, School of Earth
Sciences and Geography, Faculty of Science, Kingston University,
Penhryn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EE, United Kingdom

It has long been speculated that the paroxysmal eruption of Santorini
volcano (circa 3,500 BP) referred to as the Late Minoan (LM) eruption
resulted in the generation of a tsunami. The occurrence and probable
impacts of this tsunami have frequently been cited in the text of
scientific papers and articles and appear to have been assumed as
proven. This presentation reviews the arguments previously forwarded
to imply the occurrence of the tsunami and summarises the
archaeological and geological evidence. The presentation then
re-examines the original arguments presented for an LM tsunami in the
light of recent volcanological investigations. This indicates that
previously published arguments may be challenged because the
assumptions on which they were based are flawed. The re-analysis of
the original tsunami hypothesis indicates that there is insufficient
evidence to demonstrate that a large tsunami propagated throughout the
eastern Mediterranean circa 3,500 years BP.

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Eric Stevens

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