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Science 2 February 1973:
Vol. 179. no. 4072, pp. 471 - 473
DOI: 10.1126/science.179.4072.471
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Pumice from Thera (Santorini) Identified from a Greek Mainland Archeological Excavation

George Rapp Jr. 1, Strathmore R. B. Cooke 1, and Eiler Henrickson 2

1 Minnesota Messenia Expedition and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
2 Minnesota Messenia Expedition and Department of Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057

Pumice fragments recovered from an archeological excavation on the Greek mainland have been correlated by means of index of refraction measurements with the Late Bronze Age volcanic eruption on the island of Thera (Santorini) in the Aegean Sea. Pottery from the strata containing the pumice dates from the 15th century B.C.

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