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"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.

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"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.

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Landscape archaeology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Greece --- Greece

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Antiquities, Prehistoric --- -Prehistoric peoples --- -Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Human beings --- Prehistoric antiquities --- Prehistoric peoples --- Cyclades --- Cyclades (Greece) --- -Greece --- Antiquities --- Antiquities. --- Kyklades. --- Kyklades (Greece) --- Nomós Kikhládon (Greece) --- Nomos Kykladōn (Greece) --- Kikladhes (Greece) --- Nisia Kyklades (Greece) --- Nísoi Kykládes (Greece) --- Nomós Kikládhon (Greece) --- Kikládes (Greece) --- Kikládes Nisiá (Greeece) --- Kikládes Nísoi (Greece) --- Νισιά Κυκλάδες (Greece) --- Νομός Κυκλάδων (Greece) --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Kyklades --- Greece --- Primitive societies

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During the recent decades many new Mycenaean wall paintings have been brought to light and older finds have been restored and reconstructed afresh in light of newly found joining fragments. These paintings derive both from palatial and non-palatial contexts, from major centers on the mainland (including Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos, Pylos, Thebes, Orchomenos, and Gla) and from recently excavated sites, such as Iklaina in Messenia. However, in contrast to the corpora of Minoan and Cycladic wall paintings, Mycenaean paintings have survived in poor physical condition. For the most part, they are highly fragmentary and lack iconographic and contextual coherence. The present book, lavishly illustrated, including many full-page details, offers an up to date insight into new discoveries of Mycenaean wall painting and new iconographic interpretations of old material, excavated long ago but never properly published. It is therefore likely to fill a large gap in our knowledge of Mycenaean wall painting and Aegean wall painting in general, and help us to gain a better understanding of the visual language of Mycenaean painting and of how it was employed in the murals that adorned Mycenaean buildings.

Conferences - Meetings --- Peinture et décoration murales mycéniennes --- Paysage --- Animaux --- Thèmes, motifs. --- Dans l'art. --- Animals in art --- Landscapes in art --- Mural painting and decoration, Mycenaean --- Themes, motives --- Mycenae (Extinct city) --- Antiquities