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Bronze Age myths? Volcanic activity and human response in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic regions

A search for precision beyond that currently available is a frequent aspect of archaeological interpretation. Tensions exist as a result of the need to resolve events on a human time-scale using techniques often incapable of producing such accuracy or precision. Dendrochronology, ice-core analysis and tephrochronology, where data-resolution can be constrained either by annual to sub-annual banding or precise isochrones, can make important contributions to tackling the persistent chronological problems in archaeology. In these interdisciplinary transfers there is always the danger ...

BY PAUL C. BUCKLAND, ANDREW J. DUGMORE & KEVIN J. EDWARDS

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