The Time of Darkness: Local Legends and Volcanic Reality in Papua New Guinea

Blong, R. J.

ISBN 10: 0295958804 / ISBN 13: 9780295958804

Published by Univ of Washington Pr, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Time of Darkness: Local Legends and Volcanic Reality in Papua New Guinea
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295958804
• ISBN 13: 9780295958804
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In the highlands of Papua New Guinea there exists widespread legends concerning a "Time of Darkness" in which there was no light and ash fell from the skies. The author investigates these legends and, in conjunction with measurement and analysis of the ash, which covers a large area of the highlands, determines that 300 years ago there was a cataclysmic volcano eruption on Long Island and the legends are essentially accurate accounts of this gigantic upheaval that is unrecorded in any written records.