What’s wrong? Hard science and humanities - tackling the question of the absolute chronology of the Santorini eruption

Klontza-Jaklová, Věra

doi:10.5817/cz.muni.m210-8472-2016

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“…The impact of the Santorini eruption on this still very fragile state structure(s) was probably crucial. What exactly happened in Crete after the eruption is one of the most disputed problems of Aegean prehistory (for a summary of recent interpretation models, see Klontza-Jaklová 2013, 190-294; for environmental consequences, see Klontza-Jaklová 2016).…”

Section: Late Minoan Crete: a Historical Overviewmentioning

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"If it was a state, it has collapsed" : an examinations of reasons for the collapse of the Late Minoan IA state structures

Klontza-Jaklová¹,

Klontzas²

2018

Studia Archaeologica Brunensia

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The aim of the paper is to discuss how and why the Knossian centralized state system collapsed and, collaterally, the evidence of this collapse is used to infer the existence of a centralized state system in LM IA Crete. LM IA Crete seems to have all the characteristics of an early (primary, segmentary) 2 state. The Santorini eruption (LM IA/IB) had a direct impact on its fragile structures. During the following period (LM IB), there is evidence for significant disruptions and almost all Minoan centres, even those not on Crete, were destroyed. These destructions appear carefully planned to eliminate as many administrative centres as possible. The main questions of our research are: Can the LM IA Knossian polity be considered as a state? How did it operate? What happened during the LM IB period, which structures collapsed and which survived? We conclude that the centralized power which had controlled almost the whole island during the LM IA period should be considered a state, which collapsed during the LM IB period. The Santorini eruption was the key-factor in speeding up the decline of the early LM I state.

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Section: Late Minoan Crete: a Historical Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

"If it was a state, it has collapsed" : an examinations of reasons for the collapse of the Late Minoan IA state structures

Klontza-Jaklová¹,

Klontzas²

2018

Studia Archaeologica Brunensia

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Rekonstrukce jídelníčku skupin jedinců z hrobek na lokalitách Ailias a Lower Gypsades (Kréta) za použití izotopových dat a Bayesovského směsového modelu (FRUITS)

Smíšek¹

2019

Studia Archaeologica Brunensia

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What’s wrong? Hard science and humanities - tackling the question of the absolute chronology of the Santorini eruption

Abstract: Map 1 / Map of the Aegean showing major sites mentioned in the text. (Illustration by author) Map 2 / Map of Crete showing major sites mentioned in the text. (Illustration by author)

Cited by 2 publications

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"If it was a state, it has collapsed" : an examinations of reasons for the collapse of the Late Minoan IA state structures

"If it was a state, it has collapsed" : an examinations of reasons for the collapse of the Late Minoan IA state structures

Rekonstrukce jídelníčku skupin jedinců z hrobek na lokalitách Ailias a Lower Gypsades (Kréta) za použití izotopových dat a Bayesovského směsového modelu (FRUITS)

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