The researchers investigating the skeletons also believe that the ocean reached the remains due to the presence of shells and urchins at the site.
. The skeletons of a human male and a dog are believed to have died in the aftermath of the Thera volcano eruption around 1620 BCE.
“The impact of this eruption, and the tsunamis it created were much stronger, and reached more regions than suggested before,” study co-authors Beverly Goodman, a marine geoarchaeologist at the University of Haifa in Israel, and Vasıf Şahoğlu, a maritime archaeologist at the University of Ankara in Turkey, .
The researchers investigating the skeletons also believe that the seas made a visit to the remains, as there were shells and urchins present at the site. They have yet to determine whether the young man died from drowning or suffocation from the dust of the tsunami. are set to be dated in the next few months. If they are confirmed to be from the Thera eruption, the skeletons would be one of only two victims of the event ever discovered with the other foundThe researchers also hope that nine new radiocarbon ages from materials on the site will be able to pinpoint the exact date of the Thera eruption. To this day, some believe it occurred around 1530 BCE while other contest it was around 1620 BCE.
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