The prestigious Antiquity Trust has just announced its decision to award its Ben Cullen Prize for innovative archaeological research to a team of experts who studied the impact of a massive volcanic eruption that took place 7,300 years ago on Japan’s Tanegashima Island. The winners included eight archaeologists from universities in Japan and Sweden, who collaborated to perform an in-depth study of societal collapse and human resiliency in response to a world-altering natural disaster in prehistoric times.  Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyHistoryImportant EventsRead Later