The Origins of Greek Civilization 1100-650 B.C. de Starr Chester G - 1962

W.W. Norton New York 1991.. Soft cover. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, maroon wraps with white lettering. Near fine. Clean, unmarked. 385 pp. and 8 page index. When the great citadel of Mycenae, center of Aegean world, went up in flames about 1100 B. C. what followed was a "dark age" but archaeological records show the discontinuity between Greek and Mycene Minoa cultures. photo illustrations throughout.

New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1991. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Fine in wrappers.

W. W. Norton & Company , pp. 440 . Papeback. New.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1991. Paperback. New. reissue edition. 438 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.00 inches.

Content appears as New, Unopened, Unread and Unblemished with like wraps as shown.A challenging thesis about Greek prehistory that the miraculous jump into the Greece of our history was made in the eleventh century B.C., during the pre-Christian Dark Ages. . . . An exciting book to read, eloquently written and beautifully illustrated. The New YorkerWhen the great citadel of Mycenae, then the center of the Aegean world, went up in flames about 1100 B.C., what followed was a dark age that left no written records. But rich archaeological records show conclusively that there was a radical discontinuity between Mycenaean-Minoan culture and Greek civilization. Chester G. Starr argues that true Greek civilization was swiftly and spontaneously generated in a remarkably autonomous renaissance during the two centuries from 850 to 650 B.C. Supporting his thesis with archaeological evidence previously unavailable to historians, he offers a masterly reconstruction of an obscure and… Leer más