HOW ELITIST WERE TYPICAL MYCENAEAN COMMUNITIES? INVESTIGATING RELATIVE STATUS IN MYCENAEAN DAMOI THROUGH THE LANDHOLDERS OF THE PYLOS EP AND EA SERIES

IF 0.7 2区 历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
Susan Lupack
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SummaryAlthough traditionally the focus of Mycenaean studies has been the elite and the administrative centres referred to as ‘palaces’, nonetheless academics investigating Mycenaean society have increasingly turned their attention to nonpalatial sectors of society. This article investigates the different levels of society that are recorded within two Linear B land tenure series, specifically the Ep and Ea series. The Ep tablets record the landholdings of the inhabitants of pa‐ki‐ja‐ne, a damos that was home to Pylos's most significant sanctuary. A steep hierarchy is demonstrated for its inhabitants by the relative sizes of their landholdings, with prominent religious personnel among those at the top and many ‘servants of the deity’ at the bottom. The Ea damos, in contrast, differs in the professional titles of the landholders—craftsmen and animal herders are prevalent—and in the relative sizes of the landholdings: the Ea series records plots of land that were more equitably sized and generally larger than those of pa‐ki‐ja‐ne. The Ea series can likely be considered as more representative of Mycenaean damoi than pa‐ki‐ja‐ne, which could indicate that the social structure of typical Mycenaean communities was not steeply hierarchical, and perhaps more egalitarian than may have been thought.
典型的迈锡尼社区精英化程度如何?通过皮洛斯EP和EA系列的土地所有者研究迈锡尼时期大莫伊的相对地位
摘要尽管传统上迈锡尼研究的重点是精英阶层和被称为 "宫殿 "的行政中心,但研究迈锡尼社会的学者们已越来越多地将注意力转向非宫殿的社会阶层。本文研究了两个线性 B 土地使用权系列(特别是 Ep 和 Ea 系列)中记录的不同社会阶层。Ep 片记录了 pa-ki-ja-ne 居民的土地所有权,这是皮洛斯最重要的避难所所在地。从土地的相对大小可以看出,这里的居民等级森严,最上层是著名的宗教人士,最下层则是许多 "神的仆人"。相比之下,Ea damos 的不同之处在于土地所有者的职业头衔--手工业者和畜牧业者居多,以及土地的相对面积:Ea 系列记录的土地面积更加公平,一般比 pa-ki-ja-ne 的土地面积更大。与 pa-ki-ja-ne 相比,Ea 系列可能更能代表迈锡尼的 damoi,这可能表明典型迈锡尼社区的社会结构并非等级森严,也许比人们想象的更加平等。
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期刊介绍: Covering the whole range of archaeology, from Palaeolithic to medieval times, the Oxford Journal of Archaeology is the premier English language journal of European, Mediterranean and western Asian archaeology. Publishing four issues a year, it provides topical coverage of current research in Prehistoric, Classical and later periods, with contributions from an international cast of academics and field workers. It encourages debate and is essential reading for anyone studying the archaeology of these areas. The journal does not accept or undertake book reviews.
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