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Author Davis, Jack L., author.

Title A Greek state in formation : the origins of civilization in Mycenaean Pylos / Jack L. Davis ; with contributions by Sharon R. Stocker.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 127 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
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online resource cr rdacarrier
text file
Series Sather classical lectures ; volume 75
Sather classical lectures ; v. 75.
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
Note Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; viewed on University of California Press website on 8 January 2024.
Access Open Access EbpS
Language In English.
Subject Palace of Nestor (Pylos, Greece) -- History.
Palais de Nestor (Pylos, Grèce) -- Histoire.
Palace of Nestor (Pylos, Greece)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Pylos.
Civilization, Mycenaean.
Civilisation mycénienne.
Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Grèce -- Pylos (Messénie)
Ancient World.
Archaeology.
History.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
Civilization, Mycenaean
Excavations (Archaeology)
Greece
Indexed Term Ancient World
Archaeology
History
Genre/Form History
Added Author Stocker, Sharon R., contributor.
Other Form: Print version: Davis, Jack L. Greek state in formation 9780520387249 (DLC) 2021040660 (OCoLC)1268544651
ISBN 0520387252 (electronic bk.)
9780520387256 (electronic bk.)
9780520387249 (paperback)
0520387244 (paperback)
Standard No. 10.1515/9780520387256 doi
10.1525/luminos.121 doi
AU@ 000072154782
AU@ 000072157169
AU@ 000073993257

 
    
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