Not least important is the comparison of the newly available data with the Homeric account, much to the detriment of Homer's credibility as a witness. The tablets may be only, as he describes them, 'the account books of anonymous clerks', but from these prosaic documents he shows how we can infer a bronze industry, foreign slave-women, or even human sacrifice. An extensively illustrated general account of Greece in the 14th and 13th centuries B.C. He now summarizes the results of research and in so doing opens the door to a new world, Mycenaean Greece seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. Read 9 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a vivid picture of life in this remote period, in a way which is impossible from archaeology alone. In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. Description Product filter button Description John Chadwick The Mycenaean World Illustrated Edition by John Chadwick (Author) 21 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 16.98 39 Used from 3.51 1 New from 62.95 2 Collectible from 29.95 Paperback 14.24 - 31.23 43 Used from 2.25 10 New from 31.
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