Mycenaean World

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Little over one hundred years has passed since Schliemann first excavated Mycenae and revealed the riches of its ruler, burying in the Shaft graves three and a half thousand years ago. Continuing discoveries have demonstrated the achievements and connections of Mycenaean civilisation. The decipherment of their script, Linear B, an early form of Greek , has shown that the Mycenaeans were the ancestors of the Greeks of the Classical period, and has revealed the complexity of the administration of their palaces.This introduction to the Mycenaean world brings together the latest research to provide a clear account of its history and on the real Bronze Age cities that lie behind the Homeric legends. Myceanean economy and society, technology and trade, burials and buildings, warfare and religion are all explored to reveal the character and achievements of this brilliant forerunner of Classical Greece. The final chapter is devoted to the no-longer-so Dark Age, during which Greek society was transformed and the Homeric epic reached its final form.

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Utgivningsdatum:1998-01-01
Mått:150 x 228 x 8 mm
Vikt:242 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Classical World
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781853993558

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K.A. Wardle is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Well-Built Mycenae and reports on many excavations in Greece.Diana Wardle is an extra-mural Lecturer in Archaeology, designer of Homer’s Heroes exhibition, and co-director of the Mycenae Project at the University of Birmingham, UK.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface to the Second Edition 1. Introduction 2. The rise and fall of Mycenaean civilization When?; Early Mycenaean period; Minoan Crete; Buried town of Akrotiri on Thera; Mainland Greece; Expansion and maturity; Palatial period; Mycenaean Crete?; Trojan War; Late Mycenaean period3. Cities Argos; Athens; Ithaca; Iolkos; Knossos; Mycenae; Orchomenos; Pylos; Sparta; Thebes; Tiryns; Troy4. Tombs and burial practices Tomb types; Burial customs; Grave-goods; Shaft Graves at Mycenae5. Materials and technology Pottery; Metalwork; Carving; Glass and faience6. Economy and society Linear B archives; Agriculture and stockraising; Landscape and climate; Crops; Animals; Slaves and workers; Officials and administrators7. Building and engineering Tholoi; Fortresses; Roads and waterwork.Y; Palaces;Construction techniques; Houses8. Weapons and warfare Greaves; Cuirass; Swords and daggers; Shield; Helmet; Spear/Lance; Bow; Chariot; Warfare; Military planning9. Wall-paintings Origins and associations; Technique; Hands and artists; Composition and subject matter; Costume10. Trade and contactResources and the sea; Maritime trade; Sailing patterns;Trade and exchange; Ka§ and Gelidonya wrecks; Metals trade; Luxury goods; Perfume trade?; Chariot kraters; Cloth; Manpower; Cyprus; Macedonia and the Black Sea; Italy and the Central Mediterranean11. Religion Religious scenes; Shrines; Figurines and cult equipment12. Homer and the Dark Age: myth or memory? Dorians; Palace destructions; Aftermath; Iron Age; Ionian Migration; Her6on at Lejkandi in Euboea; Renewed trade and expansion; Settlements; A new heroic age; Sanctuaries; Homer and the monumentsSuggestions for Further Study Suggestions for Further Readingand brief bibliography for each chapter Index