Greece in the bronze age. / Emily Vermeule.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vermeule, Emily, author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age--Greece.

Bronze age.

Civilization, Mycenaean.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 406 p., [48] leaves of plates ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, [1972]

Summary:

From the arrival of the first men in Greece to the fall of the Mycenaean palace-town in the thirteenth century B.C., this work captures the essential qualities of each period of pre-classical civilization: the slow development of the Neolithic culture, the rich and original Early Bronze Age, the fruitful yet tragic encounter between Minoans and Mycenaean Empire. The legacy of Mycenaean religion and art is reviewed, including material found in excavated palaces and their stored wealth of frescoes, carved ivories, silver and gold jewelry, vases, and bronze weapons. The author deals with the invasions of Greece, the growth of a Greek language and some of the problems of Linear B, and the impact of Crete and the East upon the mainstream of Greek development.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to the Fifth Printing

Introduction

Contents

Illustrations

I. GREECE IN THE STONE AGE

II. EARLY BRONZE AGE GREECE AND THE ISLANDS

III. THE OPENING OF THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE

IV. THE SHAFT GRAVES

V. THE EARLY MYCENAEAN AGE

VI. LIFE IN A MYCENAEAN PALACE

VII. ART IN THE PALACES

VIII. SOCIETY AND HISTORY IN THE MYCENAEAN WORLD

IX. THE MYCENAEAN HERITAGE

APPENDIX I. THE PHYSICAL WORLD

APPENDIX II. NOTE ON NEOLITHIC POTTERY

APPENDIX III. BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND DESTRUCTION LEVELS IN THE LATE MYCENAEAN WORLD

ABBREVIATIONS

NOTES

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER BIBLIOGRAPHIES

GLOSSARY

INDEX

PLATE LIST

PLATES

Notes:

Bibliography: pages [351]-383.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-226-85355-1

OCLC:

1371573284