Volcanoes! - Dirt 124

What this episode covers

Let's lean into our fear of pyroclastic flow and talk about the traces that volcanoes can leave in the archaeological record. Turns out, it's a lot more than buried cities. We'll also take a look at how volcanoes manifest in the myths and legends of various cultures. Links * Hawaiian Myths Tell A Story About Volcanic Activity At Kilauea (Forbes) [https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/02/07/hawaiian-myths-tell-a-story-about-volcanic-activity-at-kilauea/?sh=5d5b8b5a26ca] * Volcano Myths and Rituals (American Scientist) [https://www.americanscientist.org/article/volcano-myths-and-rituals] * Why ancient myths about volcanoes are often true (BBC) [http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150318-why-volcano-myths-are-true] * The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis (Women Write About Comics) [https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2019/09/the-harmful-pseudoarchaeology-of-mythological-atlantis/] * Santorini eruption: new theory says 'pyroclastic flows' caused devastating Bronze Age tsunamis (The Conversation) [https://theconversation.com/santorini-eruption-new-theory-says-pyroclastic-flows-caused-devastating-bronze-age-tsunamis-68368] * The A.D. 79 Eruption at Mt. Vesuvius (UCSD Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics) [https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/pliny.html] * Tephrochronology and its application: A review (Quaternary Geology) [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871101410000609] Contact * Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]