Economy and politics in the Mycenaean palace states : proceedings of a conference held on 1-3 July 1999 in the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge / edited by Sofia Voutsaki and John Killen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Voutsaki, Sofia.

Contributor:

Killen, John T.

Series:

Supplementary volume (Cambridge Philological Society) ; no. 27.

Supplementary volume / Cambridge Philological Society ; no. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Mycenaean--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Civilization, Mycenaean.

Civilization, Mycenaean--Political aspects--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Cambridge Philological Society, 2001.

Summary:

This volume gathers fourteen papers on the Mycenaean palace states of the late Bronze Age. Coverage ranges across Mycene, Pylos, Knossos and the Near East, with topics including administration, agriculture, ceramic production and Linear B.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION: Sofia Voutsaki and John Killen

CENTRALIZATION AND ITS LIMITS IN THE MYCENAEAN PALATIAL SYSTEM: Pia de Fidio

AGENCY AND BUREAUCRACY: THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF ADMINISTRATION IN BRONZE AGE PYLOS: John Bennet

MYCENAEAN WHEAT, FLAX AND SHEEP: PALATIAL INTERVENTION IN FARMING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL SOCIETY: Paul Halstead

READING BETWEEN THE TABLETS: ASSESSING MYCENAEAN PALATIAL INVOLVEMENT IN CERAMIC PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION: Todd Whitelaw

OVERSEEN OR OVERLOOKED? CERAMIC PRODUCTION IN A MYCENAEAN PALATIAL SYSTEM: Carl Knappett

CENTRE AND PERIPHERY: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM OF KNOSSOS: Jan Driessen

THE EVOLUTION OF ADMINISTRATION AT PYLOS: Cynthia W. Shelmerdine

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE "COLLECTORS" IN THE LINEAR B TABLETS: Françoise Rougemont

Editorial note

LES "COLLECTEURS": LEUR DISTRIBUTION SPATIALE ET TEMPORELLE: Jean-Pierre Olivier

SOME THOUGHTS ON TA-RA-SI-JA: John Killen

SYSTEM AND STYLE IN THREE NEAR EASTERN BUREAUCRACIES: J. Nicholas Postgate

ECONOMIC CONTROL, POWER AND PRESTIGE IN THE MYCENAEAN WORLD: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE: Sofia Voutsaki

POTEMKIN PALACES AND ROUTE-BASED ECONOMIES: Susan Sherratt.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Other Format:

Print version: Voutsaki, Sofia Economy and Politics in the Mycenaean Palace States

ISBN:

9781913701338

1913701336

OCLC:

645022357