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THE EMERGENCE OF WANAX IDEOLOGY IN THE MYCENAEAN PALACES
Author(s) -
KILIAN KLAUS
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00182.x
Subject(s) - ideology , period (music) , history , ancient history , mainland , civilization , archaeology , position (finance) , art , politics , law , aesthetics , political science , finance , economics
Summary.The following approach tries, as far as the Greek mainland is concerned, to discuss the prominent position of the wanax from the archaeological record in Mycenaean palaces, in the burial grounds and in the Linear B tablets. Multivariate analysis and explanatory methods related to repeated patterns reveal different stages in the Mycenaean ideological setting from the LH III A 1 period onwards, despite its roots in earlier stages of Mycenaean civilization. The complex and more sophisticated social position of the wanax points to historical implications associated with the rise of the centralized Mycenaean kingdoms.