PALACE SOCIETIES

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Preliminary instructions

Schedule of Lectures

Introductory course notes

The Aegean Early Bronze Age and proto-urbanism 3500-2000 BC

Climate see European Prehistory II

Geography see European Prehistory II

Crops and Animals see European Prehistory II

Sites for study

Old Palace Period

Minoan and Mycenaean Religion

The Archaeology of Cult

Wall Painting

Costume

Tomb types

Social status

Mycenae web site: prehistoric cemetery, cult centre etc

Bibliography