Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II

edited by Michael L. Galaty and William A. Parkinson

Book cover: Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II

Extent: 264 pages

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Subjects: European Prehistory, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Monographs

Series volume number: 60

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2007)

ISBN: 9781931745420

8.46 x 10.94 inches

Price: $30.00

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(December 2007)

ISBN: 9781931745437

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(December 2007)

ISBN: 9781938770951

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This revised and expanded edition of the classic 1999 edited book includes all the chapters from the original volume plus a new, updated, introduction and several new chapters. The current book is an up-to-date review of research into Mycenaean palatial systems with chapters by archaeologists and Linear B specialists that will be useful to scholars, instructors, and advanced students. This book aims to define more accurately the term “palace” in light of both recent archaeological research in the Aegean and current anthropological thinking on the structure and origin of early states. Regional centers do not exist as independent entities. They articulate with more extensive sociopolitical systems. The concept of palace needs to be incorporated into enhanced models of Mycenaean state organization, ones that more completely integrate primary centers with networks of regional settlement and economy.

  • Edited by Michael L. Galaty
  • Edited by William A. Parkinson