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Volcanoes! - Ep 124

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Let’s lean into our fear of pyroclastic flow and talk about the traces that volcanoes can leave in the archaeological record. Turns out, it’s a lot more than buried cities. We’ll also take a look at how volcanoes manifest in the myths and legends of various cultures.

Links

  • Hawaiian Myths Tell A Story About Volcanic Activity At Kilauea (Forbes)
  • Volcano Myths and Rituals (American Scientist)
  • Why ancient myths about volcanoes are often true (BBC)
  • The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis (Women Write About Comics)
  • Santorini eruption: new theory says ‘pyroclastic flows’ caused devastating Bronze Age tsunamis (The Conversation)
  • The A.D. 79 Eruption at Mt. Vesuvius (UCSD Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics)
  • Tephrochronology and its application: A review (Quaternary Geology)


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