Individuals and society in Mycenaean Pylos / by Dimitri Nakassis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nakassis, Dimitri, 1975- author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; volume 358.

Mnemosyne supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; volume 358

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Mycenaean.

Inscriptions, Linear B--Greece--Pylos.

Inscriptions, Linear B.

Prosopography--Greece--Pylos.

Prosopography.

Social structure--Greece--Pylos--History--To 1500.

Social structure.

History.

Pylos (Greece).

Greece--Pylos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 448 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book revises our understanding of Mycenaean society through a detailed analysis of individuals attested in the administrative texts from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos in southwestern Greece, ca. 1200 BC it argues that conventional models of Mycenaean society which focus on administrative titles and terms, can be improved through the study of hamed individual. A new methodologically innovative prosopography demonstrates that many named individuals were not only important mangers of palatial affairs but also high-ranking members of the community. This work significantly broadens the elite class and suggests that the palace was less of an agent in its own right than an institutional framework for interactions amongst individuals and social groups. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Paupers and Peasants and Princes and Kings 1

1.1 Putting Mycenaeans in Their Place 5

1.2 From Roles to Individuals 19

1.3 Rethinking Mycenaean Society: A Road Map 23

2 From Proper Names to People Proper 29

2.1 The Nature of the Pylian Documentation 30

2.2 Naming the Pylians 33

2.3 Previous Approaches 40

2.4 Identifying the Pylians 48

2.5 Discussion and Conclusions 68

3 Smiths and Herders 73

3.1 The Smiths of Pylos 74

3.1.1 Recurring Names in the Jn Series 74

3.1.2 Smiths in the Cn Series 80

3.1.3 Smiths and the o-ka Set 89

3.1.4 Smiths and the ke-ro-si-ja 92

3.1.5 Smiths and An 340 93

3.1.6 Smiths and An 5 94

3.1.7 Smiths and An 1281 95

3.1.8 Smiths and An 172 98

3.1.9 Smiths and Alum 99

3.1.10 Smiths and the E-Series 100

3.2 The Herders of Pylos 102

3.2.1 Herders of Multiple Flocks 103

3.2.2 Herding in Other Series 105

3.2.3 Herders and the An Series 107

3.2.4 Herders and the M- and N- Series 109

3.2.5 Herders and the Sa Series 110

3.2.6 Herders and the E- Series 111

3.2.7 Herders and the Fn Series 114

3.3 Conclusions 114

4 Soldiers and Landowners 117

4.1 The o-ka Texts 117

4.2 The Landholders of Pylos 124

4.2.1 Landholders at pa-ki-ja-ne That Appear Elsewhere 130

4.2.2 Landholders in the Ea Series 132

4.2.3 Landholders in the Es Series 134

4.3 Individuals in the Fn Series 135

4.4 Individuals in the Qa Series 139

4.5 Individuals in the Mb and Mn Series 140

4.6 Individuals in the Na and Nn Series 142

4.7 Individuals in the Vn Series 143

4.8 Individuals in the Ua, Ub, and Un Series 146

4.9 Conclusions 148

5 From Social Structure to Social Activity 153

5.1 Individuals from Names 153

5.2 The People of Pylos 156

5.3 Ranking the Pylians 162

5.4 Defining the Mycenaean Elite 165

5.5 Individuals and the State 173

5.6 Theorizing the Individual 176

5.7 Individuals in History 179

5.8 Rethinking Pylian Society 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

847609635

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