Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos

by Richard Hope Simpson

Book cover: Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos

Extent: 115 pages

Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press

Subjects: European Prehistory, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Prehistory Monographs

Series volume number: 45

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2017)

ISBN: 9781931534925

Price: $45.00

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(December 2014)

ISBN: 9781931534758

Price: $60.00

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(December 2014)

ISBN: 9781623033514

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This study outlines the state of our present knowledge concerning the Mycenaean settlements in Messenia and examines the evidence for reconstructing the political geography of the “Kingdom” of Pylos.


This study outlines the state of our present knowledge concerning the Mycenaean settlements in Messenia and examines the evidence for reconstructing the political geography of the “Kingdom” of Pylos. The progress of archaeological exploration in Messenia is reviewed in relation to the Mycenaean (Late Helladic [LH]) period. The data from excavations and surveys concerning the Mycenaean settlements in Messenia are summarized. The author attempts to determine the extent of the “Kingdom” and to identify the locations of its main districts by correlating the archaeological data from Mycenaean sites with the the inscriptions in Linear B found in the “Palace of Nestor” at Ano Englianos.

  • By (author) Richard Hope Simpson