Volcanoes! - Dirt 124

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) Volcano Myths and Rituals (American Scientist) Why ancient myths about volcanoes are often true (BBC) The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis (Women Write About Comics) Santorini eruption: new theory says ‘pyroclastic flows’ caused devastating Bronze Age tsunamis (The Conversation) The A.D. 79 Eruption at Mt. Vesuvius (UCSD Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics) Tephrochronology and its application: A review (Quaternary Geology) Contact Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.