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A test of time and a test of time revisited : the volcano of Thera and the chronology and history of the Aegean and east Mediterranean in the mid-second millennium BC / Sturt W. Manning

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Manning, Sturt W.
Published
Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxxiii, 494, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
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Contents
Part 1: a test of time. Introduction -- A brief history of the Thera debate -- Aims and preliminary issues for this study -- Archaeological and historical evidence -- Absolute dating evidence -- Summary and conclusions -- Some implications, and the problem of dating Alalakh VII -- Appendix 1: Egyptian chronology -- Appendix 2: Why the standard chronologies are approximately correct, and why radical re-datings are therefore incorrect.
Summary
"This book seeks a resolution of the Thera date, and related archaeological chronologies, based on a critical review of all current archaeological and scientific data. A new "early" chronology for the Aegean c. 1700-1400 BC is proposed"--
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ISBN
9781782972204 (electronic bk.)
178297220X (electronic bk.)
9781782972228 (electronic bk.)
1782972226 (electronic bk.)
9781782972198
1782972196
Note
"This second edition reprints the original book and then presents the all-new A Test of Time Revisited: a critical and up to date re-examination of the topic, debate, and the latest evidence"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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