| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 164 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Canto classics
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Canto classics.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it offers a valuable survey of late Minoan and Mycenaean archaeology, uncovering fascinating details of the religion and economic history of an ancient civilisation. |
| Contents |
Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Michael Ventris; 2 The Minoan Scripts; 3 Hopes and Failures ; 4 Birth of a Theory; 5 Growth and Development; 6 The Decipherment and the Critics ; 7 Life in Mycenaean Greece; 8 Prospects; Postscript; Appendix: Mycenaean Tablets in Transcription; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Inscriptions, Linear B.
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Inscriptions, Linear B. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chadwick, John, 1920-1998. Decipherment of linear b. Second edition 1107691761 (OCoLC)880231906 |
| ISBN |
9781107589032 (electronic book) |
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1107589037 (electronic book) |
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9781139958356 (electronic book) |
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1139958356 (electronic book) |
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1107691761 |
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9781107691766 |
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