Mycenaean Greece, Mediterranean commerce, and the formation of identity

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Burns, Bryan E., 1970-

ISBN:

9780521119542

9781107697416

Ek Yazar:

Burns, Bryan E., 1970-

Yayım Bilgisi:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012, c2010.

Fiziksel Tanım:

xii, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction: effects of trade -- Aegean agency in Mediterranean exchange -- Becoming Mycenaean: definitions of civilization, style, and art -- Imports in the early Mycenaean period -- Crafting power through import consumption -- Import consumption in palatial centers -- Funerary consumption and competition in the Argolid -- Conclusions: foreign and domestic in the Mycenaean world.

Corporate Subject:

Arkeoloji ihtisas kütüphanesi

Konu Terimleri:

Ulusal özellikler.

National characteristics.

Geographic Term:

Yunanistan -- Ticaret -- Tarih.

Akdeniz Bölgesi -- Ticaret -- Tarih.

Greece -- Commerce -- History.

Mediterranean Region -- Commerce -- History.

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The impact of long-distance exchange on the developing cultures of Bronze Age Greece has been a subject of debate since Schliemann's discovery of the Shaft Graves at Mycenae. In Mycenaean Greece, Mediterranean Commerce, and the Formation of Identity, Bryan E. Burns offers a new understanding of the effects of Mediterranean trade on Mycenaean Greece by considering the possibilities represented by the traded objects themselves in their Mycenaean contexts. A range of imported artifacts were distinguished by their precious material, uncommon style and foreign writing, signaling their status as tangible evidence of connections beyond the Aegean. The consumption of these exotic symbols spread beyond the highest levels of society and functioned as symbols of external power sources. Burns argues that the consumption of exotic items thus enabled the formation of alternate identities and the resistance of palatial power.

Author Notes

Bryan E. Burns is assistant professor of Classical Studies at Wellesley College. He is the author or numerous articles on Bronze Age Greece and has been awarded fellowships and fieldwork grants from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory, the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

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Burns (Wellesley College) focuses on how imported luxury objects in Mycenaean Greece were viewed and consumed rather than on how and from where they arrived. The author uses previously published listings of Bronze Age imports to establish different patterns of consumption in various regions of the mainland. The shaft graves at Mycenae provide the earliest accumulation of such artifacts to be viewed as symbols of prestige. The author warns against "associating objects too directly with places of original manufacture and material provenience." The Linear B tablets and deposits of unworked material such as ivory (at Mycenae) and lapis lazuli (at Thebes) provide evidence for Mycenaean craftsmen producing their own foreign-inspired objects. Late Bronze Age graves in the Argolid provide evidence for consumption of luxury objects by different groups within the elite and for pushback against palatial control. The book needs more illustrations; readers will need a good research library. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. C. King emerita, Wright State University

List of Tables and Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Effects of Trade	p. 1
Consumer Cultures	p. 3
1 Aegean Agency in Mediterranean Exchange	p. 8
Exchange in the Bronze Age Mediterranean	p. 9
Assessing Individual Imports	p. 20
Acts of Consumption and the Materialization of Ideology	p. 29
An Overview of Imported Objects in Mycenaean Greece	p. 36
2 Becoming Mycenaean: Definitions of Civilization, Style, and Art	p. 41
Foreign Elements in the Monuments at Mycenae	p. 43
Ethnicity of the Shaft Grave Treasures and People	p. 51
The Institutionalization of Mycenaean Artifacts as Greek Art	p. 57
Internal and External Perspectives	p. 66
3 Imports in the Early Mycenaean Period	p. 73
Social Context of the Shaft Graves at Mycenae	p. 80
A Prehistory of Foreign Relations	p. 86
Exotic Objects in the Shaft Graves	p. 88
Ivory in the Shaft Graves and in Early Mycenaean Crafting	p. 95
Early Imports Outside the Shaft Graves	p. 100
4 Crafting Power Through Import Consumption	p. 105
Perspectives on Kingly Power	p. 107
Instability and Independence within Centralized Systems	p. 111
Limitations of Palace Economies	p. 116
Local Networks Employing Foreign Goods	p. 119
5 Import Consumption in Palatial Centers	p. 130
Imports and Textual References at Pylos	p. 132
The Erasure of Foreign Symbols at Thebes	p. 135
Religious Associations in the Citadel at Mycenae	p. 139
An Enigmatic Group Outside the Citadel at Mycenae	p. 147
Utilitarian and Decorative Imports at Tiryns	p. 156
6 Funerary Consumption and Competition in the Argolid	p. 163
Site Hierarchy and Regional Competition	p. 166
Individual and Communal Identities	p. 171
Late Helladic IIIA Tombs as Places of Celebration	p. 179
Continued and Concentrated Tomb Use in Late Helladic IIIB	p. 186
7 Conclusions: Foreign and Domestic in the Mycenaean World	p. 191
References	p. 197
Index	p. 241

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