Not least important is the comparison of the newly available data with the Homeric account, much to the detriment of Homer's credibility as a witness. The tablets may be only, as he describes them, 'the account books of anonymous clerks', but from these prosaic documents he shows how we can infer a bronze industry, foreign slave-women, or even human sacrifice. He now summarizes the results of research and in so doing opens the door to a new world, Mycenaean Greece seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. He now summarizes the results of recent research. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a vivid picture of life in this remote period, in a way which is impossible from archaeology alone. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Mycenaean World by John Chadwick () at. Description Product filter button Description
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