Their estimate of the number of people who died from the famine -- on top of those who died as a result of conflict or other causes -- was calculated using a range of information, including mortality surveys and data on food prices and wages.

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Surface surveys and rescue excavations, the result of a building boom in the Peloponnese, provide lots of new information about other areas of Bronze Age life, from farming to foreign trade.

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