Panagiotakopulu Eva, Higham Thomas, Sarpaki Anaya, Buckland Paul, Doumas Christos
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Naturwissenschaften. 2013 Jul;100(7):683-9. doi: 10.1007/s00114-013-1068-8. Epub 2013 Jun 22.
Attributing a season and a date to the volcanic eruption of Santorini in the Aegean has become possible by using preserved remains of the bean weevil, Bruchus rufipes, pests of pulses, from the storage jars of the West House, in the Bronze Age settlement at Akrotiri. We have applied an improved pre-treatment methodology for dating the charred insects, and this provides a date of 1744-1538 BC. This date is within the range of others obtained from pulses from the same context and confirms the utility of chitin as a dating material. Based on the nature of the insect material and the life cycle of the species involved, we argue for a summer eruption, which took place after harvest, shortly after this material was transported into the West House storeroom.
通过利用青铜时代阿克罗蒂里定居点西屋储存罐中保存下来的豆象（Bruchus rufipes）遗骸，确定爱琴海中圣托里尼火山爆发的季节和日期成为可能。豆象是豆类作物的害虫。我们应用了一种改进的预处理方法来测定烧焦昆虫的年代，得出的日期为公元前1744年至1538年。这个日期在从相同环境中的豆类获得的其他日期范围内，证实了几丁质作为年代测定材料的效用。基于昆虫材料的性质和所涉及物种的生命周期，我们认为火山爆发发生在夏季，是在收获之后，这些材料被运入西屋储藏室后不久。
