Catastrophe III: 536AD - (The other year without summer)

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A dayschool on the archeology and climatological evidence for one of the coldest years on record

Catastrophe - natural disasters & archaeology

A series of lectures on Natural disasters and archaeology. 
How do we study them in the 21st century? What can we tell from the surviving remains? How do other sciences and subjects shape how we look at the archaeological remains?

MANCENT Archaeology and the Ancient World

A collection of lectures and  dayschools exploring different aspects of archaeology and landscape studies over time.

Medieval and Modern History

A collection of lectures and events covering aspects of European medieval and Modern history and culture.

<p>In and around 536AD, historical sources worldwide talk about bad harvests, strange weather phenomena and the very cold summers. But what really happened during those years? How much of this can we actually recognise in the archaeological record and should we blame the same cause for every misfortune that befell the world during those years?<br>We will be talking about the research into these years, discussing how much is likely volcanic causes, whether there may have been a meteor strike, or is the long-term cooling of the climate just reaching its lowpoint?<br>We will be talking about plague, kingdoms under stress, abandoned sites and other archaeological evidence.</p>

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