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Die überarbeitete englische Ausgabe des Standartwerkes "Feuer im Meer"

- Fire in the Sea : Volcanism and the Natural History of Santorini
by Walter L. Friedrich
Hardcover (February 2000)
Cambridge Univ Pr (Short); ISBN: 0521652901
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The monograph "Santorin et ses Eruptions" was first published in 1879 as the result of years of intense geologic, but also archaeologic research. During the late '60s and 70's large amounts of pumice were quarried on Santorini and shipped to Egypt for the construction of the Suez channel. This activity brought to light the first remains of prehistoric settlements and Fouqué was lucky to be among the first who were interested in these structures. During several years he also conducted excavations at own expenses. His notes, drawings and accurate descriptions of what by now has almost completely been forgotten or destroyed by later careless quarrying and building activity are therefore of immense value for archaeologists. 

Santorin et ses Eruptions has been regarded as a standard reference for Santorini's geology and archaeology. Even now, is still among the most thorough and detailed studies concerning volcanism of Santorini. Most interesting are historical accounts of the formation of the Kameni islands, an awsomly detailed description of the 1866 eruption of Nea Kameni and a long chapter on the early archaeological founds of prehistoric settlements.

The English translation by Alexander McBirney fills a real and valuable hole of the volcanic literature.  Beyond being a simple translation it contains many critical remarks, an up-to-date summary table of the cronology of volcanism of Santorini, and a reference list that includes some titles of interesting early geologic and archaeologic studies- not only on Santorini- which hopefully will keep them from getting lost.- 

The European laboratory volcanoes: Proceedings of the second workshop, Santorini, Greece, 2 to 4 May 1996
by R., Fytikas, M., Sigvaldasson, G. et al. Casale
Library Binding - 650 pages 0 edition (June 8, 1998)
Official Publications of the European Communities; ISBN: 9282803791
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For scientific interest. The volume presents the results of the European laboratory volcanoes project: Santorini (24 articles), Etna (10 articles), Piton de la Fournaise (9 articles). Furnas (5 articles), Teide (6 articles).

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Ein Klassiker !

Prof. Doumas, director of the excavations of Akrotiri publishes the result of 15 years of excavation at the site.  For all who are interested in prehistoric archaeology of Thera, this is the book to start with !