| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Sather classical lectures ; volume 75
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Sather classical lectures ; v. 75.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- About the Aegean Bronze Age -- About the Palace of Nestor -- Mycenaean origins and the Greek nation-state -- Farm, field, and Pylos -- A truly prehistoric archaeology of Greece -- Preserving and conserving Nestor -- Science and the mortuary landscape of Pylos -- Minoan missionaries in Pylos / with Sharon R. Stocker -- Epilogue / with Sharon R. Stocker. |
| Summary |
"The Mycenaean civilization of the Greek Bronze Age was identified 150 years ago, yet its origins remain obscure. Jack L. Davis, codirector of ongoing excavations at the Palace of Nestor at Pylos takes readers on a tour of the beginnings of Mycenaean civilization through a case study of this important site. In collaboration with Sharon R. Stocker, Davis demonstrates that this ancient place was a major node for the exchange of ideas between the already established Minoan civilization, centered on the island of Crete, and the Greek mainland. Davis and Stocker show how this adoption of Minoan culture created an ideology of power focused on a single individual, one that celebrated his military prowess and invested him with divine authority--a figure instantly recognizable to readers of Homer and students of Greek history. A Greek State in Formation makes the powerful case that a knowledge of the Greek Bronze Age is indispensable to the Classics curriculum"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Palace of Nestor (Pylos, Greece) -- History.
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Palace of Nestor (Pylos, Greece) |
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History. |
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Palais de Nestor (Pylos, Grèce) -- Histoire. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Greece. |
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Civilization, Mycenaean.
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Civilization, Mycenaean. |
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HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Stocker, Sharon R., contributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, Jack L. Greek state in formation Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] 9780520387249 (DLC) 2021040660 |
| ISBN |
9780520387256 (ebook) |
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0520387252 |
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9780520387249 (paperback) |
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