Greece in the bronze age
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 frescoe…
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- Full title :Greece in the bronze age / Emily Vermeule.
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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.
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- Publication Date:1972.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication:Chicago
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1972.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxi, 406 pages : : illustrations, 48 pages of plates ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0226853535, 9780226853536, 0226853543, 9780226853543
- oclc:ocm00667838
- LC Classification:DF220
- Dewey Decimal:913.38/03/1
Table of Contents
Preface to the fifth printing -- Introduction -- Greece in the Stone Age -- Early Bronze Age Greece and the islands -- The opening of the Middle Bronze Age -- The shaft graves -- The Early Mycenaean Age -- Life in a Mycenaean palace -- Art in the palaces -- Society and history in the Mycenaean world -- 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.
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