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This book traces the archaeological history of Pylos and
surrounding regions in Messenia from the Palaeolithic to the
present. Designed as much for general readers and travelers
interested in ancient Greece as for scholars, the volume presents
the findings of the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP),
which has intensively studied the region over the past 15 years.
The 1998 edition, originally published by the University of Texas
Press and widely used as a textbook in undergraduate classes, is
reprinted with a new preface by Jack Davis and John Bennet, two of
the project's original directors, assessing PRAP's impact and
outlining new discoveries in the region.
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more
at www.luminosoa.org. Although the Mycenaean civilization of the
Greek Bronze Age was identified 150 years ago, its origins remain
obscure. Jack L. Davis, codirector of excavations at the Palace of
Nestor at Pylos, takes readers on a tour of the beginnings of
Mycenaean civilization through a case study of this important site.
In collaboration with codirector Sharon R. Stocker, Davis
demonstrates that this ancient place was a major node for the
exchange of ideas between the already established Minoan
civilization, centered on the island of Crete, and the residents of
the Greek mainland. Davis and Stocker show how adoption of Minoan
culture created an ideology of power focused on a single
individual, celebrating his military prowess, investing him with
divine authority, and creating a figure instantly recognizable to
readers of Homer and students of Greek history. A Greek State in
Formation makes the powerful case that a knowledge of the Greek
Bronze Age is indispensable to the classics curriculum.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
In the years 2004-2006, a joint team from the International Centre
for Albanian Archaeology in Tirana, Albania, the Institute of
Archaeology in Tirana, and the University of Cincinnati conducted
excavations in the plain west of the walls of the ancient Greek
colony of Apollonia, a short distance to the southwest of the
modern village of Pojan. The site lies almost entirely within a
complex of farm buildings known locally as Bonjaket. This volume
represents the full publication of the results of three campaigns
of excavation at the site. The new excavations discovered and
documented a previously unknown monumental temple and have made it
possible to describe for the first time the material remains of
Greek rituals as practiced at the time of, or not long after, the
foundation of Apollonia.
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