Women in Mycenaean Greece: The Linear B Tablets from Pylos and Knossos

Synopsis

Women In Mycenaean Greece Is The First Book-length Study Of Women In The Linear B Tablets From Mycenaean Greece And The Only To Collect And Compile All The References To Women In The Documents Of The Two Best Attested Sites Of Late Bronze Age Greece -- Pylos On The Greek Mainland And Knossos On The Island Of Crete-- 1 The Women Of Mycenaean Greece -- 2 Identifying And Contextualizing Women In The Tablets -- 3 Women And Production At Pylos -- 4 Women And Property Holdings At Pylos -- 5 Women At Knossos : Production And Property -- 6 Women And Land Tenure At Pylos And Knossos -- 7 Women And Religion At Knossos And Pylos -- 8 Conclusions: Women In Aegean Prehistory -- Appendix A: All Mentions Of Women In The Pylos Tablets -- Appendix B: All Mentions Of Women In The Knossos Tablets. Barbara A. Olsen. Simultaneously Published In The Usa And Canada--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.