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Individuals and Society in Mycenaean Pylos

Individuals and Society in Mycenaean Pylos

Hardcover

Ancient GreeceAncient RomeGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004244514
ISBN13: 9789004244511
Publisher: Brill
Published: May 2 2013
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.90
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
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, ca. 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.

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