[Stones] Ian Honeywood (Stonedowser)

[David Swindlehurst]

Please forgive the 1760BC date - my fingers have got me into trouble 
before! I meant to write 1640BC. More water called for.

The effect (or otherwise) of these eruptions would (I am guessing) be 
factored by considerations such as type (Thera is said to have been 
explosive whereas Icelandic eruptions seem to be gentle fountains, not 
rocketing dust and ash miles into the stratosphere) and wind direction. 
This is fascinating stuff - my own belief is that this catyclismic event 
(Thera) was the trigger of the collapse of civilisation, abandonment of 
Stonehenge etc, the appearance of war-like behaviour in what had been 
apparently a peaceful and prosperous lifestyle across Europe etc etc 
etc. Certainly something caused a huge change in behaviour about that 
time - any other suggestions?

DMS

belshade wrote:
>
> Interesting comment David, on climate deterioration between say 3000 
> and 1000 BC. At some point in that period a real era of global (?) 
> cooling seems to have occurred. You mention Santorini. Another culprit 
> was Hekla in Iceland. According to the dendrochronologists (like Prof. 
> Mike Baillie) Santorini/Thera went up in 1628 BC and there were 2 
> eruptions of Hekla within the period in question - in 2345 and 1159 
> BC. Of the two, Hekla would have had a more devastating effect on the 
> British Isles than Santorini.
>
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