Research report providing a petrographic and chemical analysis of a large sample of Mycenean potsherds from Pylos. The author saw a unique potential for a small bounded, relatively well studied state as Pylos to give information in a comparative framework on the organisation and origin of early state systems. Investigation of pottery industry provided a means to avoid an overreliance on historical data in order to augment and sharpen our complex largely text-based theoretical models.
Language
English
Pages
146
Format
Paperback
Publisher
British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Release
December 31, 1999
ISBN
0860549933
ISBN 13
9780860549932
Nestor's Wine Cups: Investigating Ceramic Manufacture And Exchange In A Late Bronze Age "Mycenaean" State
Research report providing a petrographic and chemical analysis of a large sample of Mycenean potsherds from Pylos. The author saw a unique potential for a small bounded, relatively well studied state as Pylos to give information in a comparative framework on the organisation and origin of early state systems. Investigation of pottery industry provided a means to avoid an overreliance on historical data in order to augment and sharpen our complex largely text-based theoretical models.