Main entry:

McDonald, William A. (William Andrew), 1913-2000.

Title & Author:

Progress into the past : the rediscovery of Mycenaean civilization / William A. McDonald, Carol G. Thomas.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1990.

Description:

xxiv, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-493).
Preface to the Second edition -- Before Schliemann : Homer and the philologists -- Schliemann, Priam and Agamemnon : 1870-1890 -- Before Evans : the situation in 1900 -- Evans, Crete and Minos : 1900-1914 -- Before Blegen : the situation in the early twenties -- Blegen, Priam and Nestor : 1915-1939 -- Developments between the wars : 1919-1939 -- The fourth generation of Aegean archaeology : 1940-1965 --- Recent developments: 1965-1988 -- Some current theories and problems.

Summary:

This book is a very scholarly archaeological detective story. The most eminent archeologists of the past century are the superstars of the detective story -- Heinrich Schliemann, Arthur Evans, and Carl Blegen. Their quest led them through a complicated series of historical puzzles that can be called by the term "Mycenaean Civilization, the fabulous era of Greek prehistory that form the basis for the background of the Homeric poems, "Iliad" and the "Odyssey". This book is a step-by-step full account of their dedicated search to solve on of the great mysteries of antiquity, how Mycenaean civilization grew and flourished and died between 1600 and 1100 BC. The book is completely adheres to and photographs or renders in illustration everyone of their archaeological findings that helped them put the story together. Their work is supported by an enormous bibliography and and extensive index. This detective story leaves us with current theories and references to Homeric poetry to resolve and prove with further archaeological discoveries.

ISBN:

0253336279
9780253336279
0253205530 (pbk.)
9780253205537 (pbk.)

Subject:

Civilization, Mycenaean.
Civilisation mycénienne.
15.51 Antiquity.
Antiquities.
Mykenische Kultur
Archäologie
Geschichte
Ausgrabung
Myceense cultuur.
Greece Antiquities.
Grèce Antiquités.
Greece.
Mykene
Mycenae (Extinct city) History.
Mycenae (Extinct city) Antiquities.

Added entries:

Thomas, Carol G., 1938-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 54715
Call No.: ID:90-B3296
Status: Available