Individuals and society in Mycenaean Pylos [electronic resource] / by Dimitri Nakassis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nakassis, Dimitri, 1975-

Series:

Mnemosyne, Supplements 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.

Pylos (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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, circa 1200 BC. It argues that conventional models of Mycenaean society, which focus on administrative titles and terms, can be improved through the study of named individuals. A new, methodologically innovative prosopography demonstrates that many named individuals were not only important managers 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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Paupers and Peasants and Princes and Kings

From Proper Names to People Proper

Smiths and Herders

Soldiers and Landowners

From Social Structure to Social Activity

A Prosopography of Mycenaean Pylos

Works Cited

Indexes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-25146-4

OCLC:

847609635

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004251465 DOI