The relationship among these systems is given in the accompanying table, with approximate calendar dates drawn from Warren and Hankey All calendar dates given in this article are approximate, and the subject of ongoing debate. The calendar date of the volcanic eruption is extremely controversial; see the article on Thera eruption for discussion.
It often is identified as a catastrophic natural event for the culture, leading to its rapid collapse, perhaps being related mythically as Atlantis by Classical Greeks. See History of Crete for details. The beginning of its Bronze Age, around BC, was a period of great unrest in Crete, and also marks the beginning of Crete as an important centre of civilization. But with the start of the Neopalatial period, population increased again, the palaces were rebuilt on a larger scale and new settlements were built all over the island.
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Travel My Hometown In L. Subscriber Exclusive Content. Vulcanologist Floyd McCoy, from the University of Hawaii, has been inspired by volcanoes since his childhood on the volcanic islands of Hawaii. His passion is the most romantic volcano of all time - Thera.
He went on a journey of discovery, gathering evidence from other scientists around the globe, to try answer this question: was there a connection between the eruption of Thera and the end of the Minoans on Crete?
His journey started on the island of Thera. It was home to thousands and a flourishing trading post for the Minoans until disaster struck.
So massive was the volcano it had an extraordinary effect, preserving forever the town of Akrotiri. Mysteriously, no skeletons have ever been found on the island. Akrotiri's chief archaeologist, Christos Doumas, believes the people of Akrotiri didn't survive, and that the bodies are still to be uncovered, huddled at the harbour where they were trapped by the eruption as they waited to escape. He believes it's highly unlikely that scores of boats were waiting in the harbour to save them.
He believed these waves travelled across the open sea to batter the northern coast of Crete - but proof was hard to find. He drilled deep into the mud at an inland marsh near Malia in Crete, and took the mud core he found back to England for analysis. The mud had been deposited, layer upon layer, over thousands of years. At one place, deep in the core, Dr Dominey-Howes found a type of tiny fossilised shell that only lives in very deep sea water. He felt sure the shells were brought into the marsh by an ancient tsunami.
A Minoan palace near the marsh was buried at the same level as the shells, suggesting the tsunami could have hit soon after the palace was built. If a tsunami had been unleashed by the eruption of Thera, Floyd McCoy wanted to know how big it might have been. Professor Synolakis grew up on Crete, playing amongst the palace ruins as a child.
He became one of the world's top predictors of tsunamis, travelling the world with his computer models to predict the waves of tomorrow.
Professor Synolakis can also use his technology to determine the size of a wave from the ancient past. For their basic needs, however, the Minoans on Crete were self-sufficient. During this period, great strides were made in metalworking and pottery—exquisite filigree, granulated jewelry, and carved seal stones reveal an extraordinary sensitivity to materials and dynamic forms. These characteristics are equally apparent in a variety of media, including clay, gold, stone, ivory, and bronze.
From B. If the Mycenaeans were not responsible for this destruction, they certainly took advantage of the events—administrative records from this period are written in Linear B, the script of Mycenaean Greeks. Contemporary pottery shows a blend of Minoan and Mycenaean stylistic traits. Eventually, by the beginning of the eleventh century B.
Higgins, Reynold. Minoan and Mycenaean Art. New York: Oxford University Press, Visiting The Met? Terracotta vase in the form of a bull's head.
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