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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788093803321

Autore

Feuer Bryan Avery

Titolo

Mycenaean civilization : an annotated bibliography through 2002 / / Bryan Feuer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-7864-2698-5

Edizione

[Revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Disciplina

016.938

016.93801

Soggetti

Civilization, Mycenaean

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Mycenaean Civilization; 1. Mycenaean Civilization:  General Works  ; General Summaries; Bibliographies; History of Mycenaean Research; Biographies; Conferences, Symposia and Colloquia; Environment; Language; Chronology; Tradition and Historical Evidence; 2. Cultural History and Society ; Cultural Evolution and Development; Economic Organization; Subsistence; Demography and Population; Physical Anthropology; Political Organization; External Contacts; Religion; Social Organization and Structure; Settlement Patterns; 3. Material Culture ; Art; Architecture

PaintingSculpture; Pottery; Metalwork; Lithics; Chariots; Sealstones; Jewelry; Amber; Faience; Glass; Ivory; Shell; Textiles; Wood; 4. Intellectual Life ; Linear B; Mathematics; Medicine; Literature; Music; 5. New Directions; 6. Regional Syntheses and Site Reports Gazetteers; Gazetteers; Regional Syntheses; Site Reports; Glossary; Author Index; Place Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Classical Greeks considered the Mycenaean civilization to be the basis of their glorious and heroic heritage, but its material existence was not confirmed until the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann in the late nineteenth century. In the ensuing years, as with the field of archaeology in general, emphasis has shifted from revealing



monuments and finding treasure to dealing with less glamorous, more scientifically-oriented investigations concerning aspects such as social and political organization, economic functions and settlement patterns. With its more than 2000 entries, this reference work