It's been said that there was an eruption of far greater magnitude and devastation prior to the 1883 eruption that we all know and love, although the timeframe has been disputed.It was thought that this ancient Krakatoa erupted in the 5th or 6th centuries A.D., catastrophically blowing itself apart, and was responsible for the global climate change that occurred at that time, although there has been no geologic evidence found for an eruption in this era. The last time a significant eruption was proven to have occurred here before 1883, was at least 60,000 YBP.I would like to discuss this ancient Krakatoa. It seems pretty underrated and seldom discussed, and doesn't come up with much in search engines. It doesn't help that everything is flooded with the 1883 eruption, either.
>>18031636The late antiquity eruption or the earlier one?
>>18031640Anything before 1883, tell me whatever you know.
>>18031640>>18031641*The late antiquity eruption also has a problem of a lack of evidence, it remains unsubstantiated.
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>>18031646What about the 536 AD year without a summer? Fucking Goths
>>18032806Yes, that's what I'm referring to by the late antiquity eruption. There's no evidence that Krakatoa was responsible for this.They're not completely sure what caused that event, but they think it was from three simultaneous eruptions in North America, and one "in the tropics", wherever that could imply. Some have even suggested a meteor or comet impact, however less likely, but there's no evidence Krakatoa was one of the culprits. There's literally just nothing around Krakatoa suggesting that it erupted at that time. There's nothing in between the 1883 layer and the 60,000 YBP layer of the ground.
The most well-documented eruption occurred in 1883, leading to the formation of a caldera and the creation of Anak Krakatoa in 1927.
