The Mycenaeans

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1983. Cloth, 180 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "Here are the great discoveries made by Schliemann and his successors at the citadels of Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos and elsewhere, confirming the Homeric myths. Here are the shrines, tombs, palaces and works of art of a resplendent civilization. Above all, here is the story of the rise and fall over 400 years of a great power that set its stamp on the Bronze Age Mediterranean and bequeathed its heritage to the Greeks of the Classical Age." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The pottery and chronology; Written sources: linear B and tradition; Religion and cult centres; Tombs of kings and commoners; Citadels, palaces and houses; Daily life, the arts and society; War and trade; The rise and fall of the Mycenaean civilization. . 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.