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Author Nakassis, Dimitri, 1975-

Title Individuals and society in Mycenaean Pylos / by Dimitri Nakassis
Published Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2013

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Series Mnemosyne supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; volume 358
Contents List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; A Note on Mycenaean Names; Glossary and Abbreviations; Chapter One. Paupers and Peasants and Princes and Kings; 1.1. Putting Mycenaeans in Their Place; 1.2. From Roles to Individuals; 1.3. Rethinking Mycenaean Society: A Road Map; Chapter Two. From Proper Names to People Proper; 2.1. The Nature of the Pylian Documentation; 2.2. Naming the Pylians; 2.3. Previous Approaches; 2.4. Identifying the Pylians; 2.5. Discussion and Conclusions; Chapter Three. Smiths and Herders; 3.1. The Smiths of Pylos; 3.1.1. Recurring Names in the Jn Series
3.1.2. Smiths in the Cn Series3.1.3. Smiths and the o-ka Set; 3.1.4. Smiths and the ke-ro-si-ja; 3.1.5. Smiths and An 340; 3.1.6. Smiths and An 5; 3.1.7. Smiths and An 1281; 3.1.8. Smiths and An 172; 3.1.9. Smiths and Alum; 3.1.10. Smiths and the E- Series; 3.2. The Herders of Pylos; 3.2.1. Herders of Multiple Flocks; 3.2.2. Herding in Other Series; 3.2.3. Herders and the An Series; 3.2.4. Herders and the M- and N- Series; 3.2.5. Herders and the Sa Series; 3.2.6. Herders and the E- Series; 3.2.7. Herders and the Fn Series; 3.3. Conclusions; Chapter Four. Soldiers and Landowners
4.1. The o-ka Texts4.2. The Landholders of Pylos; 4.2.1. Landholders at pa-ki-ja-ne That Appear Elsewhere; 4.2.2. Landholders in the Ea Series; 4.2.3. Landholders in the Es Series; 4.3. Individuals in the Fn Series; 4.4. Individuals in the Qa Series; 4.5. Individuals in the Mb and Mn Series; 4.6. Individuals in the Na and Nn Series; 4.7. Individuals in the Vn Series; 4.8. Individuals in the Ua, Ub, and Un Series; 4.9. Conclusions; Chapter Five. From Social Structure to Social Activity; 5.1. Individuals from Names; 5.2. The People of Pylos; 5.3. Ranking the Pylians
5.4. Defining the Mycenaean Elite5.5. Individuals and the State; 5.6. Theorizing the Individual; 5.7. Individuals in History; 5.8. Rethinking Pylian Society; Appendix. A Prosopography of Mycenaean Pylos; a; a2; a3; au; da; de; di; do; du; e; i; ja; jo; ka; ke; ki; ko; ku; ma; me; mi; mo; mu; na; ne; ni; no; nu; o; pa; pe; pi; po; pte; pu; pu2; qa; qe; qi; qo; ra; re; ri; ro; ru; sa; se; si; so; su; ta; te; ti; to; tu; u; wa; we; wi; wo; ze; zo; *34; *82; Works Cited; Index of Subjects; Index of Sources
Summary This book revises our understanding of Mycenaean society through a detailed prosopographical analysis of individuals attested in the administrative texts from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos in southwestern Greece, ca. 1200 BC
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Civilization, Mycenaean.
Inscriptions, Linear B -- Greece -- Pylos
Prosopography -- Greece -- Pylos
Social structure -- Greece -- Pylos -- History -- To 1500
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
Civilization, Mycenaean
Inscriptions, Linear B
Prosopography
Social structure
Myceense cultuur.
SUBJECT Pylos (Greece) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88092554
Subject Greece -- Pylos
Pylos.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9004251464
9789004251465
1299618847
9781299618848