# Finné 2017: Late Bronze Age climate change and the destruction of the Mycenaean Palace of Nestor at Pylos > Martin Finné, Karin Holmgren, Chuan-Chou Shen et al., 2017. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A local record that does not show drought at the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464B8C53SJ/late-bronze-age-climate-change-and-the-destruction-of-the Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)Finné 2017 **0** # Late Bronze Age climate change and the destruction of the Mycenaean Palace of Nestor at Pylos Martin Finné, Karin Holmgren, Chuan-Chou Shen et al., 2017. _PLOS ONE 12(12), e0189447_. A stalagmite from Mavri Trypa Cave near Pylos, with 24 U-Th dates of ±26 years, shows generally wetter conditions when the palace was destroyed about 3150–3130 BP, a brief drier spell about 3200 BP, and growing aridity after the destruction. **Late Bronze Age collapse** Articledoi: **[10.1371/journal.pone.0189447](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189447)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here A local record that does not show drought at the moment of destruction. ## The document 18 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 18 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p12)12] ![Page 1 of Late Bronze Age climate change and the destruction of the Mycenaean Palace of Nestor at Pylos](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. 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Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 8 records [Climate change was regionally variable; some areas were not in drought when they collapsed.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D46526R0NKE/climate-change-was-regionally-variable-some-areas-were-not) Answer ANS [Mavri Trypa stalagmite S1 δ18O, δ13C and U-Th dates (Finné et al. 2017)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D4655M441Y7/mavri-trypa-stalagmite-s1-18o-13c-and-u-th-dates-finne-et-al) Dataset DAT [Near Pylos the stalagmite record shows generally wetter conditions when the palace was destroyed.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464Q763D3A/near-pylos-the-stalagmite-record-shows-generally-wetter) Evidence EVD [Pylos was destroyed about 3150–3130 BP.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464VC05NEE/pylos-was-destroyed-about-31503130-bp) Evidence EVD [Pylos was generally wetter at the destruction, with drying afterwards.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D4652EJ0C7H/pylos-was-generally-wetter-at-the-destruction-with-drying) Evidence EVD [The Palace of Nestor at Pylos is destroyed](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/events/EVT0D464KST6CJR/the-palace-of-nestor-at-pylos-is-destroyed) EVT [The Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse) The mystery article MYS [How severe and how widespread was the climate change around 1200 BC?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464NRA16TQ/how-severe-and-how-widespread-was-the-climate-change-around) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Finné, M., Holmgren, K., Shen, C. C., Hu, H. M., Boyd, M., & Stocker, S. (2017). Late Bronze Age climate change and the destruction of the Mycenaean Palace of Nestor at Pylos. PLOS ONE 12(12), e0189447. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189447 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189447)[Download PDF · 11 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/b98f1724e7909ee9e086a6f255de2d6cb8700070a9bdb5b2ed2fdac4e94337d6) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D464B8C53SJ Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464B8C53SJ/late-bronze-age-climate-change-and-the-destruction-of-the/csl.json)