Episode 124 - Volcanoes!
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.
Hawaiian Myths Tell A Story About Volcanic Activity At Kilauea (Forbes)
Volcano Myths and Rituals (American Scientist)
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/volcano-myths-and-rituals
Why ancient myths about volcanoes are often true (BBC)
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150318-why-volcano-myths-are-true
The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis (Women Write About Comics)
https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2019/09/the-harmful-pseudoarchaeology-of-mythological-atlantis/
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)
https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/pliny.html
Tephrochronology and its application: A review (Quaternary Geology)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871101410000609
Image: Eruption of Sabancaya Volcano in Peru. Galeria del Ministerio de Defensa del Perú, CC BY 2.0