Mycenaean era archaeology

Martial Arts and Materiality: a Combat Archaeology Perspective on Aegean Swords of the Fifteenth and Fourteenth Centuries Bc

by Barry Molloy

in World Archaeology

Swords and Swordsmanship In the Aegean Bronze Age

by Barry Molloy

in American Journal of Archaeology

Anton Jansen, "Bronze Age Highways at Mycenae"

by Mouseion (Journal)

Published in Echos du monde classique / Classical Views 41 (1997), pp. 1-16. The link is to an HTML version in the "Internet Archive - Way Back Machine"

Les routes près de la citadelle de Mycènes sont connues depuis le siècle passé. Les premières descriptions de leur... more Les routes près de la citadelle de Mycènes sont connues depuis le siècle passé. Les premières descriptions de leur fonction ont insisté sur leur aspect militaire et l'idée des hostilités entre une région assez limitée autour de Mycènes et les autres communautés mycéniennes de l'Argolide. L'analyse récente des vestiges de ces routes donne de l'appui à telles théories en même temps qu'elle les contredit. La région desservie par ces routes se trouve dans un rayon de 4 km autour de Mycènes, mais les routes ne semblent pas avoir eu une fonction militaire. Elles s'expliquent beaucoup mieux comme partie d'une entreprise d'exploitation, particulièrement agricole, du voisinage immédiat.

Isola di Vivara (Procida, Napoli), in: Magna Grecia e mondo miceneo, Napoli 1982, pp. 141-154 e tavv. XLIX-LV

by Francesco di Gennaro

Co-authored with A. Cazzella, I. Damiani, M. Marazzi, M. Moscoloni, M. Pacciarelli, L. Re, A.C. Saltini, S. Tusa and I. Valente

Isola di Vivara (Procida, Napoli), in: Magna Grecia e mondo miceneo, Napoli 1982, pp. 141-154 e tavv. XLIX-LV

by Francesco di Gennaro

Co-authored with A. Cazzella, I. Damiani, M. Marazzi, M. Moscoloni, M. Pacciarelli, L. Re, A.C. Saltini, S. Tusa and I. Valente

L'isola di Vivara. Nuove ricerche, in: La Parola del Passato CLXXX, 1978, pp. 197-273

by Francesco di Gennaro

Co-authored with G. Buchner, A. Cazzella, M. Marazzi, S. Tusa and A. Zarattini

Vivara. Terza campagna di ricerche sull'isola, in: Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana, 1975-80, pp. 167-217

by Francesco di Gennaro

Co-authored with A. Cazzella, I. Damiani, M. Marazzi, M. Pacciarelli, P. Petitti, A.C. Saltini and S. Tusa

The Complete Archaeology of Greece: Introduction and Contents

by John Bintliff

Horseback riding and Cavalry in Mycenaean Greece

by Jorrit Kelder

published in Ancient West and East 11 (2012; in print)

This paper evaluates the evidence for horseback riding in Mycenaean Greece. This paper argues that horseback riding,... more This paper evaluates the evidence for horseback riding in Mycenaean Greece. This paper argues that horseback riding, which is widely held to be an Iron Age development (of especially the 9th and 8th centuries BC), was practised by members of the aristocracies throughout the eastern Mediterranean as early as the 13th century BC, and that the first cavalry can be identified around the same time in Mycenaean Greece and other regions in the eastern Mediterranean. To that end, a range of iconographical, physical-anthropological and archaeological evidence will be reviewed.

De Paarden van Argos. Ruiters en Ruiterij in het Myceense Griekenland

by Jorrit Kelder

published in Allard Pierson Mededelingen 105/6 (2012)

This paper (in Dutch) evaluates the evidence for horseback riding in Mycenaean Greece. This paper argues that... more This paper (in Dutch) evaluates the evidence for horseback riding in Mycenaean Greece. This paper argues that horseback riding, which is widely held to be an Iron Age development (of especially the 9th and 8th centuries BC), was practised throughout the eastern Mediterranean as early as the 13th century BC, and that horsemen were deployed in various capacities around the same time in Mycenaean Greece. To that end, a range of iconographical, physical-anthropological and archaeological evidence, including an interesting Mycenaean krater at the Allard Pierson Museum, will be reviewed.

Wietenberg ohne Mykene? Gedanken zu Herkunft und Bedeutung der Keramikverzierung der Wietenberg-Kultur

by Laura Dietrich

co-authored with Oliver Dietrich, published in PZ, 86, 67-84.

The fine wares of the Wietenberg Culture in Transylvania during the Middle Bronze Age are characterised by... more The fine wares of the Wietenberg Culture in Transylvania during the Middle Bronze Age are characterised by compositions
of uniform, repetitive ‚spiraloid‘ or ‚meandroid‘ motifs. These patterns – referred to collectively as ‚spiral ornamentation‘ –
were often associated with the Mycenaean region. A detailed examination of the ceramic decoration of the Wietenberg
Culture reveals that it is not actually spiral ornamentation, but rather rows of hook patterns, which may be abstract zoomorphic
motifs. A comparison with the genuine spiral ornamentation of the Mycenaean Culture further supports the thesis
of there being a fundamental difference in the type of ornamentation. The pottery ornamentation of the Wietenberg
Culture is thus independent of southern prototypes. However, this does not mean that there was no contact between the
Wietenberg Culture and Mycenaean Greece. But this contact remained at the level of prestige objects such as ‚Mycenaean‘
swords, bone objects with wave motifs and the bronzes decorated in Hajdúsámson-Apa style, which were limited to a
small social elite and were furthermore distributed far beyond the Wietenberg Culture.

Isola di Vivara, in: Traffici micenei nel Mediterraneo: problemi storici e documentazione archeologica, Palermo 1984, pp. 113-122

by Francesco di Gennaro

(2001) Voutsaki, S. Economic control, power and prestige in the Mycenaean World: The archaeological evidence. In . In Voutsaki, S. and Killen, J.T. (eds.) Economy and politics in the Mycenaean palace states. Cambridge Philological Society Suppl. 27, Cambridge, 195-213.

by Sofia Voutsaki

Terramare and glass: Mycenaean influence in Northern Italy during the Late Bronze Age

by Lorenz Rahmstorf

Siennicka M., Mycenaean settlement patterns in the Saronic Gulf, Światowit 4 [XLV, Fasc. A], 2002 (2003), 179–193

by Malgorzata Siennicka

Siennicka M., House - Settlement - Province. Social Space in Middle- and Late Helladic Korakou and Corinthia, Światowit 5 [XLVI, Fasc. A], 2003, 69–90

by Malgorzata Siennicka

Siennicka M., Spatial Organisation of Late Mycenaean Settlements, in: B. Horejs, T.L. Kienlin (eds.), Siedlung und Handwerk. Studien zu sozialen Kontexten in der Bronzezeit. Beiträge zu den Sitzungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bronzezeit auf der Jahrestagung des Nordwestdeutschen Verbandes für Altertumforschung in Schleswig 2007 und auf dem Deutschen Archäologenkongress in Mannheim 2008 (Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie 194) Bonn 2010, 69-94

by Malgorzata Siennicka

Prestige and Interest: Feasting and the King at Mycenaean Pylos

by Dimitri Nakassis

In this article the author examines the politics of Mycenaean feasting through an analysis of three Linear B texts... more In this article the author examines the politics of Mycenaean feasting through an analysis of three Linear B texts from the “Palace of Nestor” at Pylos that concern regional landholdings and contributions to a feast. Consideration of scribal practices, the political situation in Late Bronze Age Messenia, and historical parallels suggests that these tablets relate to the king of Pylos (the wanax) in his official and personal capacities. The scribal alternation between the title of the wanax and his name can consequently be seen as an effort to manipulate the dichotomy between his official and personal roles in order to emphasize his generosity.

The Cretan Labyrinth: Palace or Cave?

by Giulia Sarullo

in “Caerdroia” 37 (2008), pp. 31-40.

V. Nikolopoulos. Η βόρεια Εύβοια στην περιφέρεια του Μυκηναϊκού κόσμου και ο ρόλος της Αιδηψού. In N. Kyparissi-Apostolika and M. Papakonstantinou (eds), The Periphery of the Mycenaean World, 2nd International Interdisciplinary Colloquium, 26-30 September 1999, Lamia. Athens 2003:351-357.

by Vangelis Nikolopoulos