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Subject(s)

• Santorini Island (Greece)—Antiquities [Browse]
• Bronze age—Greece—Santorini Island [Browse]
• Akrōtēri (Greece)—Antiquities [Browse]
• Volcanoes—Greece—Santorini Island [Browse]

Series

American university studies. Series IX, History ; v. 187. [More in this series]

Summary note

The modern excavations at Akrotiri, on the Greek island of Thera (also known as Santorini), have provided students of antiquity with a unique opportunity to examine the civilization of the Aegean Bronze Age (3000-1100 BC) and the role of Thera within it. Thera in the Bronze Age presents a detailed study of the geography, history, and culture of a vibrant society that met its end in a catastrophic volcanic eruption which, ironically, preserved the city at Akrotiri just as it was in its final moments.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Genesis: Birth of an Island
• 2. Thera and the Emergence of the Cyclades
• 3. Thera and Crete in the Late Bronze Age
• 4. The Late Bronze Age City at Akrotiri
• 5. The Late Bronze Age Society of Thera
• 6. Apocalypse.

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ISBN

0820437883 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97013093

OCLC

36746394

RCP

C - S

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