The Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius (ital. Pomici di Avellino) occurred in the 2nd millennium BC and is estimated to VEI 6. It was Radiocarbon dated to 1660 BC (± 43 years), making it a possible candidate for the 1620s BC climatic disturbances.^[1] This article is about the mountain in Italy. ... Italian ( , or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 70 million people, primarily in Italy. ... The 2nd millennium BC marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. ... VEI and ejecta volume correlation The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) was devised by Chris Newhall of the U.S. Geological Survey and Steve Self at the University of Hawaii in 1982 to provide a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions. ... Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 60,000 years. ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC - 1620s BC - 1610s BC 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC Events and trends 1628 BC -- Estimated date of the volcanic eruption on Thera which possibly affected the...

The Avellino eruption vent was apparently 2 km west of the current crater, and the eruption destroyed several Bronze Age settlements. The remarkably well-preserved remains of one were discovered in May 2001 near Nola by Italian archaeologists, with huts, pots, livestock and even the footprints of animals and people, as well as skeletons. The residents had hastily abandoned the village, leaving it to be buried under pumice and ash in much the same way that Pompeii was later preserved.^[2][3] The eruption was larger than the ones of 79 (VEI 5) and 1631 (VEI 4) with pyroclastic surge deposits distributed to the northwest of the vent, the surges travelling as far as 15 km from it, and lie in the area now occupied by Naples.^[4] The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... This article needs to be updated. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... A hut is a small and crude shelter used for dwelling. ... Look up Pot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Pot may refer to one of the following. ... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ... A footprint is an impression left by a foot or shoe, for example an indentation in soft ground or snow, or a mark left by mud etc from the sole of the foot. ... Specimen of highly porous pumice from Teide volcano on Tenerife, Canary Islands. ...

References

1. ^ Vogel, J. S. et al. (1990). "Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances". Nature 344: 534-537. DOI:10.1038/344534a0.
2. ^ An ancient Bronze Age village (3500 bp) destroyed by the pumice eruption in Avellino (Nola-Campania). Retrieved on 2006-12-08.
3. ^ Vesuvius' Next Eruption May Put Metro Naples at Risk - Lesson from Katrina is need to focus on "maximum probable hazard". State University of New York. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.
4. ^ Pomici di Avellino eruption. Osservatorio Vesuviano, Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.