Mycenaean World

Name: Mycenaean World
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ISBN: 9781853993558

ISBN-10: 1853993557

ISBN-13: 9781853993558

Edition: 1997

Authors: K. A. Wardle, Diane Wardle

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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 1/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.46" wide x 8.60" long x 0.32" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Preface to the Second Edition



Introduction



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



Cities Argos


Athens


Ithaca


Iolkos


Knossos


Mycenae


Orchomenos


Pylos


Sparta


Thebes


Tiryns


Troy



Tombs and burial practices Tomb types


Burial customs


Grave-goods


Shaft Graves at Mycenae


5


Metalwork


Carving


Glass and faience



Economy and society Linear B archives


Agriculture and stockraising


Landscape and climate


Crops


Animals


Slaves and workers


Officials and administrators



Building and engineering Tholoi


Fortresses


Roads and waterworks


Palaces


Construction techniques


Houses



Weapons and warfare Greaves


Cuirass


Swords and daggers


Shield


Helmet


Spear/Lance


Bow


Chariot


Warfare


Military planning



Wall-paintings Origins and associations


Technique


Hands and artists


Composition and subject matter


Costume



Trade and contact Resources and the sea


Maritime trade


Sailing patterns


Trade and exchange


Kas and Gelidonya wrecks


Metals trade


Luxury goods


Perfume trade


Chariot kraters


Cloth


Manpower


Cyprus


Macedonia and the Black Sea


Italy and the Central Mediterranean



Religion Religious scenes


Shrines


Figurines and cult equipment



Homer and the Dark Age: myth or memory? Dorians


Palace destructions


Aftermath


Iron Age


Ionian Migration


Heroon at Lefkandi 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