Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces Ii

Author : Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781938770951

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Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II by Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson Pdf

This revised and expanded edition of the classic 1999 edited book includes all the chapters from the original volume plus a new, updated, introduction and several new chapters. The current book is an up-to-date review of research into Mycenaean palatial systems with chapters by archaeologists and Linear B specialists that will be useful to scholars, instructors, and advanced students. This book aims to define more accurately the term "palace" in light of both recent archaeological research in the Aegean and current anthropological thinking on the structure and origin of early states. Regional centers do not exist as independent entities. They articulate with more extensive sociopolitical systems. The concept of palace needs to be incorporated into enhanced models of Mycenaean state organization, ones that more completely integrate primary centers with networks of regional settlement and economy.

Author : Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1931745420

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Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II by Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson Pdf

This revised and expanded edition of the classic 1999 edited book includes all the chapters from the original volume plus a new, updated, introduction and several new chapters. The current book is an up-to-date review of research into Mycenaean palatial systems with chapters by archaeologists and Linear B specialists that will be useful to scholars, instructors, and advanced students. This book aims to define more accurately the term "palace" in light of both recent archaeological research in the Aegean and current anthropological thinking on the structure and origin of early states. Regional centers do not exist as independent entities. They articulate with more extensive sociopolitical systems. The concept of palace needs to be incorporated into enhanced models of Mycenaean state organization, ones that more completely integrate primary centers with networks of regional settlement and economy.

Author : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:610086513

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Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. Pdf

Author : Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015066072680

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Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces by Michael L. Galaty,William A. Parkinson Pdf

Eleven anthropological contributions aim to define more accurately the term "palace" in light of both recent archaeological research in the Aegean and current anthropological thinking on the structure and origin of early states. Arguing that regional centers interacted with more extensive sociopolitical systems, the authors claim that the concept of palace must be made more in tune with a model which more completely integrates palaces with their networks of regional settlement and economy.

Author : John Killen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781009546553

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The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek: Volume 2, Selected Tablets and Endmatter by John Killen Pdf

In 1952 Michael Ventris deciphered the script found on the Linear B tablets from Crete and the Greek mainland, therefore revealing the earliest known form of Greek. In 1956 he and John Chadwick published Documents in Mycenaean Greek, which gave an account of the decipherment, of the language of the tablets, of the society and economy revealed by the documents and a series of chapters giving texts, translations and commentary of the most important tablets. Though partially updated in 1973, Documents is now very much outdated: there has been a vast accrual of bibliography on the subject since 1973, and discoveries of tablets at new sites. This new survey, written by fourteen of the world's leading experts, will bring the reader fully up-to-date with developments in all aspects of Mycenaean studies, concluding with a new, full glossary of all the most recently discovered words.

Author : John Killen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781009546546

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The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek: Volume 1, Introductory Essays by John Killen Pdf

In 1952 Michael Ventris deciphered the script found on the Linear B tablets from Crete and the Greek mainland, therefore revealing the earliest known form of Greek. In 1956 he and John Chadwick published Documents in Mycenaean Greek, which gave an account of the decipherment, of the language of the tablets, of the society and economy revealed by the documents and a series of chapters giving texts, translations and commentary of the most important tablets. Though partially updated in 1973, Documents is now very much outdated: there has been a vast accrual of bibliography on the subject since 1973, and discoveries of tablets at new sites. This new survey, written by fourteen of the world's leading experts, will bring the reader fully up-to-date with developments in all aspects of Mycenaean studies, concluding with a new, full glossary of all the most recently discovered words.

Author : Guy D. Middleton
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789254280

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Collapse and Transformation by Guy D. Middleton Pdf

The years c. 1250 to 1150 BC in Greece and the Aegean are often characterised as a time of crisis and collapse. A critical period in the long history of the region and its people and culture, they witnessed the end of the Mycenaean kingdoms, with their palaces and Linear B records, and, through the Postpalatial period, the transition into the Early Iron Age. But, on closer examination, it has become increasingly clear that the period as a whole, across the region, defies simple characterisation – there was success and splendour, resilience and continuity, and novelty and innovation, actively driven by the people of these lands through this transformative century. The story of the Aegean at this time has frequently been incorporated into narratives focused on the wider eastern Mediterranean, and most infamously the ‘Sea Peoples’ of the Egyptian texts. In twenty-five chapters written by 25 specialists, Collapse and Transformation instead offers a tight focus on the Aegean itself, providing an up-to date picture of the archaeology ‘before’ and ‘after’ ‘the collapse’ of c. 1200 BC. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean regions, as well as providing data and a range of interpretations to those studying collapse and resilience more widely and engaging in comparative studies. Introductory chapters discuss notions of collapse, and provide overviews of the Minoan and Mycenaean collapses. These are followed by twelve chapters, which review the evidence from the major regions of the Aegean, including the Argolid, Messenia, and Boeotia, Crete, and the Aegean islands. Six chapters then address key themes: the economy, funerary practices, the Mycenaean pottery of the mainland and the wider Aegean and eastern Mediterranean region, religion, and the extent to which later Greek myth can be drawn upon as evidence or taken to reflect any historical reality. The final four chapters provide a wider context for the Aegean story, surveying the eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus and the Levant, and the themes of subsistence and warfare.

Author : Ashley E. Sharpe,John Krigbaum
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813070223

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Isotope Research in Zooarchaeology by Ashley E. Sharpe,John Krigbaum Pdf

New techniques for understanding animal and human interactions in the past Through case studies of faunal remains from Roman Britain, prehistoric Southeast Asia, ancient African pastoral cultures, and beyond, this volume illustrates some of the ways stable isotope analysis of ancient animals can address key questions in human prehistory. Contributors use a diverse set of isotopic techniques to investigate social and biological topics, including human paleodiets and foodways, hunting and procurement strategies, exchange patterns, animal husbandry and the genetic consequences of domestication, and short- and long-term environmental change. They demonstrate how different isotopes can be used alone or in conjunction to address questions of animal diet, movement, ecology, and management. Studies also examine how sampling strategies, statistical techniques, and regional and temporal considerations can influence isotopic results and interpretations. By applying these new methods in concert with traditional zooarchaeological analyses, archaeologists can explore questions about human ecology and environmental archaeology that were previously deemed inaccessible.

Author : Joanne M. A. Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190926069

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Death in Late Bronze Age Greece by Joanne M. A. Murphy Pdf

"Late Bronze Age tombs in Greece and their attendant mortuary practices have been a topic of scholarly debate for over a century, dominated by the idea of a monolithic culture with the same developmental trajectories throughout the region. This book contributes to that body of scholarship by exploring both the level of variety and of similarity that we see in the practices at each site and thereby highlights the differences between communities that otherwise look very similar. By bringing together an international group of scholars working on tombs and cemeteries on mainland Greece, Crete, and in the Dodecanese we are afforded a unique view of the development and diversity of these communities. The papers provide a penetrative analysis of the related issues by discussing tombs connected with sites ranging in size from palaces to towns to villages and in date from the start to the end of the Late Bronze Age. This book contextualizes the mortuary studies in recent debates on diversity at the main palatial and secondary sites and between the economic and political strategies and practices throughout Greece. The papers in the volume illustrate the pervasive connection between the mortuary sphere and society through the creation and expression of cultural narratives, and draw attention to the social tensions played out in the mortuary arena"--

Author : Kristian Kristiansen,Thomas Lindkvist,Janken Myrdal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108425414

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Trade and Civilisation by Kristian Kristiansen,Thomas Lindkvist,Janken Myrdal Pdf

Provides the first global analysis of the relationship between trade and civilisation from the beginning of civilisation until the modern era.

Author : Jo Christine Day,Jo Day
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780809332878

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Making Senses of the Past by Jo Christine Day,Jo Day Pdf

In the past few years, sensory archaeology has become more prominent, and Making Senses of the Past is one of the first collected volumes of its kind on this subject. The essays in this volume take readers on a multisensory journey around the world and across time, explore alternative ways to perceive past societies, and offer a new way of writing archaeology that incorporates each of the five senses.

Author : Murphy, Joanne M
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813055886

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Ritual and Archaic States by Murphy, Joanne M Pdf

While ritual and archaic states have both been prominent topics in recent archaeological studies, this is the first volume to combine both subjects by exploring the varying nature, expression, and significance of ritual in archaic states. It compares archaic rituals across many different cultures--Vijayanagara, Swahili Lamu, Venice, Asante, Aztec, Ming China, Oaxaca, Greece, Inca, Wari, and Chaco. The contributors posit that the nature of rituals, the level of investment in rituals, and their sociopolitical significance can vary greatly from state to state, even among societies with similar levels of social complexity, population, and spatial distribution. Highlighting the importance of ritual as an inherent part of a cultural narrative, and demonstrating how the study of ritual enables a better understanding of diverse social groups, this volume shows how the location, frequency, and role of ritual differed significantly across archaic states.

Author : Joanne M.A. Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000172737

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Rituals, Collapse, and Radical Transformation in Archaic States by Joanne M.A. Murphy Pdf

Rituals, Collapse, and Radical Transformation in Archaic States explores the role of ritual in a variety of archaic states and generates discussion on how the decline in a state’s ability to continue in its current form affected the practices of ritual and how ritual as a culture-forming dynamic affected decline, collapse, and regeneration of the state. Chapters examine ritual in collapsing and regenerating archaic states from diverse locations, time periods, and societies including Crete, Mycenean and Byzantine Greece, Mesopotamia, India, Africa, Mexico, and Peru. Underscoring similarities in a variety of archaic states in the role of ritual during periods of threat, collapse, and transformation, the volume shows how ritual can be used as a stabilizing or divisive force or a connecting medium between the present to the past in an empowering way. It also highlights the diversity of ritual roles and location in similar situations and illustrates how states in close proximity and sharing many cultural similarities can respond differently through ritual to stress and contrast the different response in rural and urban settings. Through detailed, cultural specific studies, the book provides a nuanced understanding of the diverse roles of ritual in the decline, collapse, and regeneration of societies and will be important for all archaeologists involved in the important notions of state "collapse" and "regeneration".

Author : Peter Fibiger Bang,Walter Scheidel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195188318

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The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean by Peter Fibiger Bang,Walter Scheidel Pdf

Tracing the evolution of the state from its beginnings to the early Middle Ages, this comprehensive handbook focuses on key institutions and dynamics while providing accessible accounts of states and empires in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean.

Author : Thomas F. Tartaron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107002982

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Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World by Thomas F. Tartaron Pdf

This book is a new analysis of maritime life among the Mycenaean Greeks (ca. 1600-1100 BC). Whereas long-distance trade with Egypt or Cyprus has received much attention, the locations of Mycenaean harbors are virtually unknown and local maritime networks have been largely ignored. The main purpose of the book is to provide concepts and methods for recovering lost harbors and short-range maritime networks, using information from ship construction, coastal paleoenvironments, oral histories, texts including Homer, and archaeological fieldwork. The book is intended for all those with interests in maritime connectivity in the past.