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Walter L Friedrich1, Bernd Kromer, Michael Friedrich
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus, C.F. Moellers Allé 1120, Denmark. walter@geo.au.dk
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 29, 2006
Resumen
El emparejamiento por radiocarbono de un olivo de Santorini data con precisión la erupción minoica de 1627-1600 a.C. Este hallazgo desafía las cronologías egipcias tradicionales para la Edad del Bronce.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias Arqueológicas Ciencias Arqueológicas
- Dendrocronología Dendrocronología.
- La datación por radiocarbono fue
Sus antecedentes:
- La erupción minoica de Santorini (Thera) es un marcador global clave para la Edad del Bronce.
- La datación exacta de este evento es crucial para comprender la prehistoria mediterránea.
- Los esfuerzos anteriores de datación se basaron en métodos menos directos y arrojaron resultados variables.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para fechar con precisión la erupción minoica de Santorini utilizando un hallazgo arqueológico único.
- Para establecer un marcador de tiempo confiable para la Edad del Bronce global.
- Para conciliar los diferentes datos cronológicos entre los registros científicos e históricos.
Principales métodos:
- La coincidencia de movimiento por radiocarbono se aplicó a una secuencia de mediciones de carbono-14 de anillos de árboles.
- Análisis de un olivo excepcionalmente conservado encontrado enterrado in situ por tefra volcánica.
Principales resultados:
- La erupción minoica está fechada entre 1627 y 1600 a.C. con una probabilidad del 95,4%.
- Esto proporciona una fecha directa y precisa para el evento.
- La nueva fecha es aproximadamente un siglo antes de las fechas sugeridas por las cronologías egipcias.
Conclusiones:
- El estudio establece una fecha más precisa para la erupción minoica.
- Esta línea de tiempo revisada tiene implicaciones significativas para la comprensión de la historia y las interconexiones de la Edad del Bronce.
- Es posible que se necesite más investigación para integrar completamente este hallazgo con los registros históricos existentes.
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