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TEPHRA SAMPLES FROM MOCHLOS AND THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL IMPLICATION FOR NEOPALATIAL CRETE
Author(s) -
SOLES J. S.,
TAYLOR S. R.,
VITALIANO C. J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1995.tb00751.x
Subject(s) - tephra , stratigraphy , geology , archaeology , isopach map , period (music) , excavation , paleontology , volcano , geochemistry , geography , art , structural basin , facies , tectonics , aesthetics
Five deposits of Santorini tephra have been found in the excavations currently under way at the site of Mochlos which lies on the north coast of Crete about 140 km to the south of Santorini. This paper provides refractive index and trace element analyses for the largest of these deposits, examines the stratigraphy of all five deposits, and notes the chronological implication of this stratigraphy for the Late Minoan IB period, the floruit of Minoan civilization.