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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 January 2012
      02 December 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511740299
      9781108020237
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511740299
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      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.68kg, 510 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Prehistory, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology: General Interest, Archaeology
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
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    Subjects:
    Prehistory, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology: General Interest, Archaeology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
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    Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) was a businessman and self-taught archaeologist who is best known for discovering the legendary city of Troy. Inspired by his belief in the veracity of the Homeric poems, Schliemann turned his attention to uncovering other cities mentioned in the Iliad. This volume provides an account in English of his excavations in 1884–1885 at Tiryns, a major Bronze Age city and centre of Mycenaean civilisation. These revealed a palace complex at the site, which was the most complete example of its kind until Evans' excavation of Knossos; examples of Minoan art found at Tiryns were the first demonstration of Mycenaean contact with the Minoan culture of Crete. The topography and history of the site and its artefacts are described, together with detailed discussion of the palace, and a description of Schliemann's controversial excavation methods. This volume remains an important source for the historiography of archaeology.

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