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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.
Contents
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 period
3. Cities
Argos; Athens; Ithaca; Iolkos; Knossos; Mycenae; Orchomenos; Pylos; Sparta; Thebes; Tiryns; Troy
4. Tombs and burial practices
Tomb types; Burial customs; Grave-goods; Shaft Graves at Mycenae
5. Materials and technology
Pottery; Metalwork; Carving; Glass and faience
6. Economy and society
Linear B archives; Agriculture and stockraising; Landscape and climate; Crops; Animals; Slaves and workers; Officials and administrators
7. Building and engineering
Tholoi; Fortresses; Roads and waterwork.Y; Palaces;Construction techniques; Houses
8. Weapons and warfare
Greaves; Cuirass; Swords and daggers; Shield; Helmet; Spear/Lance; Bow; Chariot; Warfare; Military planning
9. Wall-paintings
Origins and associations; Technique; Hands and artists; Composition and subject matter; Costume
10. Trade and contact
Resources 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 Mediterranean
11. Religion
Religious scenes; Shrines; Figurines and cult equipment
12. 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 monuments
Suggestions for Further Study
Suggestions for Further Reading
and brief bibliography for each chapter
Index
