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Eruption
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New South Wales - Higher School Certificate (HSC) Ancient History (Pompeii and Herculaneum) Mind Map on Eruption, created by janmart.tenedora on 14/07/2013.
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ancient history
pompeii and herculaneum
ancient history
pompeii and herculaneum
new south wales - higher school certificate (hsc)
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Eruption
Pliny the younger
Only first person account
exaggerated
"bits of pumice"
"ashes mixed with pumice stones"
"blacker and denser than night ever is"
"breathing was impeded by the dense fumes"
Interpretation of physical remains
'pugilist pose'
indicates exposure to intense heat
First Stage
Cloud of ash and pumice
showered down onto Pompeii
Heavy weight of the deposits
Second Stage
Series of pyroclastic surges
avalanches of hot ash, poisonous gases and molten rock
Haraldur Sirgudsson suggests
separated into two surges
stages 1-2 dissipated before reaching Pompeii
3rd stage, widespread preservation
Estelle Lazer suggests
causes of death
asphyxiation
thermal shock, hence 'pugilist pose'
Concussion from projectiles
shown from breaks and bone fractures
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