Figure 3
From: Olive shrub buried on Therasia supports a mid-16th century BCE date for the Thera eruption
The youngest \({}^{14}\)C measurement from the Therasia olive (dotted horizontal line) with stated errors (grey horizontal band) relative to other uncalibrated dates from secure pre- and post-Thera eruption contexts. From left to right: Post-tsunami stratigraphy, Malia, Crete36; after pumice arrives at Tell el-Ajjul37; after pumice arrives at Tell el-Dab’a38; before pumice arrives at Tell el-Ajjul37; in tsunami deposits at Palaikastro, Crete39 and at Çeşme-Bağlararası, Türkiye40; pre-tsunami stratigraphy, Malia, Crete36; volcanic destruction layer (VDL) at Akrotiri1,11; Phira quarry, Thera27, Therasia olive, this study.
