Sachgebiete

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368 S. 49 Abb. und 20 Kunstdrucktafeln mit sw Abb. 8° (22,3x14,5cm), Leinen im OSchutzU.

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Zustand: Gut. Schutzumschlag beschabt und mit Randläsuren. Weiß überklebte Besitzvermerke auf Deckelinnenseite. Papier alters- und qualitätsbedingt gebräunt. - In the first edition of this revolutionary work on the Bronze Age of Greece and Crete Professor Palmer described how philological work on the Linear B texts recovered from the ruined palaces of the Mycenaean world had led him to question the correctness of Sir Arthur Evans's long canonical picture of Aegean prehistory. The work was already in the press when the documents of the Knossos excavations came to light and brought confirmation of his doubts. - Now Professor Palmer, after three years thorough study of these new sources, finds that his redating of the Knossos tablets is a comparatively minor matter, and that a much more fundamental reassessment is necessary. The new evidence affects all periods of Evans's famous 'systeme de classification', communicated in 1905 to an international congress: Early Minoan, Middle Minoan and Late Minoan. - In exposition of his latest results Professor Palmer has completely rewritten the second part of the book, which is now in effect a separate work. Chapter VII entitled 'Checking the Facts' acquaints the reader with the new evidence at key points of the argument. Chapter VIII on 'The Contlict of Scholars' surveys the reactions of Aegean archaeologists to this evidence and carries the war into their camp. - Professor Palmer also continues his examination of the Linear A texts and proposes new reasons for believing that the language belongs to the Anatolian group of Indo-European languages. In the revised first part of the book he incorporates the results of recent research into the Linear B texts. These additions will be of particular interest to students of ancient economic history and of the history of religion. - There are some new plates and figures, some of these illustrating important Knossos material from the notebooks of Evans's excavation.