▁pre val ent ▁in ▁north ▁and ▁south west ▁Ireland , ▁following ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁whe at , ▁o at ▁and ▁pot ato ▁har v ests . ▁The ▁crisis ▁was ▁severe ▁in ▁Germany , ▁where ▁food ▁prices ▁rose ▁sharp ly . ▁Dem on str ations ▁at ▁gra in ▁mark ets ▁and ▁b aker ies , ▁followed ▁by ▁ri ots , ▁ar son ▁and ▁lo oting , ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁many ▁European ▁cities . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁worst ▁fam ine ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Culture ▁▁ ▁A ▁human ▁settlement ▁ob liter ated ▁by ▁the ▁Tamb ora ▁er u ption ▁was ▁discovered ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁That ▁summer , ▁a ▁team ▁led ▁by ▁Har ald ur ▁Sig ur ð sson ▁with ▁scient ists ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Rh ode ▁Island , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina ▁at ▁Wil ming ton ▁and ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁Director ate ▁of ▁Vol can ology ▁began ▁an ▁arch ae ological ▁dig ▁in ▁Tamb ora . ▁Over ▁six ▁weeks , ▁they ▁un ear th ed ▁evidence ▁of ▁habit ation ▁about ▁ ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁cal der a , ▁deep ▁in ▁j ung le , ▁ ▁from ▁shore . ▁The ▁team ▁exc av ated ▁ ▁of ▁depos its ▁of ▁p um ice ▁and ▁ash . ▁The ▁scient ists ▁used ▁ground - pen etr ating ▁rad ar ▁to ▁locate ▁a ▁small ▁buried ▁house ▁which ▁contained ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁two ▁adult s , ▁bronze ▁bow ls , ▁cer am ic ▁p ots , ▁iron ▁tools ▁and ▁other