https://hcommons.org/members/dnakassis/activity/ Activity feed for Dimitri Nakassis. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:58:33 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9f537cc15a9a2b460dcd6a3742813d76 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1770323/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 17:28:49 -0500 This is an article for the online Oxford Classical Dictionary

]]> 0 cb344bd6ab213c628a4cf1d0be168957 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1751057/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 02:26:46 -0400 In this paper I outline some of empirical and theoretical problems associated with the dividing Mycenaean Greece into a core and a periphery. The periphery has traditionally been defined in contrast to a homogeneous palatial core, but recent research has shown that this homogeneity is illusory. I suggest, following Knappett’s discussion of M…[Read more]

]]> 0 33ee0c3e81316f822e16ac5578ddb875 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1750942/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:35:57 -0400 In this paper I outline some of empirical and theoretical problems associated with the dividing Mycenaean Greece into a core and a periphery. The periphery has traditionally been defined in contrast to a homogeneous palatial core, but recent research has shown that this homogeneity is illusory. I suggest, following Knappett’s discussion of M…[Read more]

]]> 0 71d16176e2e88a79b319c7456ce77eda https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1749871/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 02:24:05 -0400 This chapter surveys the means by which the Late Bronze Age polities of Mycenaean Greece acquired goods and services, with a focus on regular extractive transactions.

]]> 0 e6034208c71e3c41231e699f78bccac8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1749854/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:09:26 -0400 This chapter surveys the means by which the Late Bronze Age polities of Mycenaean Greece acquired goods and services, with a focus on regular extractive transactions.

]]> 0 43dfeec982582533aee39d62ea1b6ad4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683740/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:27:33 -0400 D. Nakassis (2018) “Beauty in clay: Aesthetics and script in Mycenaean Greece,” in Οι Αμέτρητες Όψεις του Ωραίου στην Αρχαία Τέχνη (The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art), ed. Μ. Λαγογιάννη-Γεωργακαράκου (Αθήνα: Ταμείο Αρχαιολογικών Πόρων και Απαλλοτριώσεων) 51-56.

]]> 0 18e9eb7178b16d3c085dc1ee17e62a0d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683739/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:27:02 -0400 D. Nakassis and K. Pluta (2017) “The Linear B Tablets from Pylos,” in Odysseys, ed. M. Lagogianni-Georgakarakou (Athens: Archaeological Receipts Fund) 91-96.

]]> 0 979b20a0404f0c40837a4dce42b94427 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683738/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:26:28 -0400 D. Nakassis (2015) “Labor and Individuals in Late Bronze Age Pylos,” in Labor in the Ancient World, ed. P. Steinkeller and M. Hudson (Dresden: ISLET-Verlag) 583-615.

]]> 0 3af739346f892d9690dcc7003956de31 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683737/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:25:56 -0400 J. Gulizio and D. Nakassis (2014) “The Minoan Goddess(es): Textual Evidence for Minoan Religion,” in KE-RA-ME-JA: Studies Presented to Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, ed. D. Nakassis, J. Gulizio, and S. A. James  (Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press) 115-128.

]]> 0 8fecc95fe547a4757302b72b8542242d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683736/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:25:23 -0400 In this paper I show that an approach that focuses on all named individuals at Pylos yields important insights into the operation of the Mycenaean state.

]]> 0 29c094f649f76014f149a37e7081af63 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683706/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:22:19 -0400 D. Nakassis (2018) “Beauty in clay: Aesthetics and script in Mycenaean Greece,” in Οι Αμέτρητες Όψεις του Ωραίου στην Αρχαία Τέχνη (The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art), ed. Μ. Λαγογιάννη-Γεωργακαράκου (Αθήνα: Ταμείο Αρχαιολογικών Πόρων και Απαλλοτριώσεων) 51-56.

]]> 0 570e2ac07926f8ce32903d629eda3fa0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683705/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:20:39 -0400 D. Nakassis and K. Pluta (2017) “The Linear B Tablets from Pylos,” in Odysseys, ed. M. Lagogianni-Georgakarakou (Athens: Archaeological Receipts Fund) 91-96.

]]> 0 419287be4369c2443657656495899d40 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683704/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:15:57 -0400 D. Nakassis (2015) “Labor and Individuals in Late Bronze Age Pylos,” in Labor in the Ancient World, ed. P. Steinkeller and M. Hudson (Dresden: ISLET-Verlag) 583-615.

]]> 0 0fa0f0fb4f70cc4d36b519b7f4004bd8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683703/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:12:28 -0400 J. Gulizio and D. Nakassis (2014) “The Minoan Goddess(es): Textual Evidence for Minoan Religion,” in KE-RA-ME-JA: Studies Presented to Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, ed. D. Nakassis, J. Gulizio, and S. A. James  (Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press) 115-128.

]]> 0 3fb037fca43a8026d7440b98cb6ee2f4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683702/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:06:20 -0400 In this paper I show that an approach that focuses on all named individuals at Pylos yields important insights into the operation of the Mycenaean state.

]]> 0 e0be4cfb048359f69c4e301fe303a46c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1671286/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:25:21 -0500 In this paper we offer an update on the study and imaging of the administrative documents from Pylos in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens from 2013 to 2015, directed by Dimitri Nakassis and Kevin Pluta as part of the full publication of the Pylos tablets in the Palace of Nestor series.

]]> 0 cb97c636f92dae426411a7464fc02bc7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1671189/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:41:02 -0500 In this paper we offer an update on the study and imaging of the administrative documents from Pylos in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens from 2013 to 2015, directed by Dimitri Nakassis and Kevin Pluta as part of the full publication of the Pylos tablets in the Palace of Nestor series.

]]> 0 ba708057cf0a1fc9333e2be8460698aa https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1615212/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:38:07 -0400 In this paper I show that an approach that focuses on all named individuals at Mycenaean pylos yields important insights into the operation of the state.

]]> 0 b07eeb04ec7538e401cfabe3cf401ebb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1615211/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:37:31 -0400 Reciprocity and symbolic exchange are of considerable importance to understanding the Mycenaean political economy at Pylos. Thus, while wealth finance is a useful heuristic concept for making sense of Mycenaean political economy, it does not do an adequate job of describing or explaining that economy, which would be better characterized as a…[Read more]

]]> 0 31b9fbbdecbd14bc245e7e0fb4befbcc https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1614644/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:10:53 -0400 In this paper I show that an approach that focuses on all named individuals at Mycenaean pylos yields important insights into the operation of the state.

]]> 0 1868289e9c260063c0dd6ad9962f76ca https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1614643/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:05:41 -0400 Reciprocity and symbolic exchange are of considerable importance to understanding the Mycenaean political economy at Pylos. Thus, while wealth finance is a useful heuristic concept for making sense of Mycenaean political economy, it does not do an adequate job of describing or explaining that economy, which would be better characterized as a…[Read more]

]]> 0 511f04aabef4f00bf5ee45b5629c9370 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1599884/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 04:12:26 -0500 The Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP) completed three seasons of intensive pedestrian survey from 2014 to 2016. Conducted under the auspices of the Canadian Institute in Greece (CIG) and the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Argolid, WARP is an interdisciplinary project focused around the upper valleys of the Inachos River to the north and west…[Read more]

]]> 0 04cb975113179431c39f82219e7fee5a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1599778/ Tue, 06 Feb 2018 05:20:07 -0500 The Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP) completed three seasons of intensive pedestrian survey from 2014 to 2016. Conducted under the auspices of the Canadian Institute in Greece (CIG) and the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Argolid, WARP is an interdisciplinary project focused around the upper valleys of the Inachos River to the north and west…[Read more]

]]> 0 582949d8693e60b5e8dc7f806764fad5 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591066/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:56:29 -0500 This collection of papers explores the role of redistribution
in Minoan and Mycenaean economies.

]]> 0 68af9a7708063fbea60669ae5d6b1003 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591065/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:48:31 -0500 In this article, we address the historical question of why Aegean Bronze Age economies are characterized as redistributive systems and whether it is appropriate to continue to describe them as such. We argue that characterizing the political economies of the Aegean as redistributive is inaccurate and misleading. Instead, we suggest it is more…[Read more]

]]> 0 681b70bd6cdc67720c9500a785d4ea24 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591064/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:42:48 -0500 Past models of Mycenaean political economies have overemphasized the role of redistribution, thereby discouraging research into other modes of exchange. New perspectives have effectively questioned the hypothesis that palatial control over the economy was absolute, however. Consequently, it is now possible to imagine significant economic…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef9db651406ccb90f1e5af152ed099b7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591063/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:28:24 -0500 This paper examines descriptions of remote places in archaic Greek epic. I argue that Homeric cosmic geography consists of two complementary models, one in which the sun rises and sets at a single locus—the axis mundi—as in the Theogony, and another in which sunrise and sunset take place on the eastern and western horizons respectively. Con…[Read more]

]]> 0 a58a1c44238e432434f32b773e4cf6e1 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591062/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:21:18 -0500 This book revises our understanding of Mycenaean society through a detailed analysis of individuals attested in the administrative texts from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos in southwestern Greece, ca. 1200 BC. It argues that conventional models of Mycenaean society, which focus on administrative titles and terms, can be improved through the study…[Read more]

]]> 0 fc465295b47a4eca1dfbf4f93ebd09ec https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591061/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:06:09 -0500 In this article the author examines the politics of Mycenaean feasting through an analysis of three Linear B texts from the “Palace of Nestor” at Pylos that concern regional landholdings and contributions to a feast. Consideration of scribal practices, the political situation in Late Bronze Age Messenia, and historical parallels suggests that the…[Read more]

]]> 0 131cd7cd8085b9069cdf4924cfba36eb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1591060/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 03:59:09 -0500 Front matter

]]> 0 d77613bffaa6846eaa043227f8e0db58 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583919/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 03:45:45 -0400 In this paper we use multidimensional scaling to analyse a corpus of texts and lexical items written in Linear A, an undeciphered script. We argue that more such work is necessary before Linear A can be deciphered (if this is indeed a possibility in the first place).

]]> 0 63f7e560dadd26843b475062546cc806 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583902/ Sun, 08 Oct 2017 04:42:52 -0400 Shared elements, especially topographical and judicial, in the ritual and myth of the Dipolieia and the narrative of the murder of the Cylonian conspirators imply that the two accounts came to be assimilated in Athenian consciousness.

]]> 0 65d3f92cd687668da6adf616e4762b43 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578913/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:01:59 -0400 This paper focuses on potential instances of indirect labor mobilization at Pylos, in which workers are retained for palatial projects, but through the agency of named individuals. I will attempt to show that in some cases the palaces supplemented directly-acquired labor with labor obtained through administrative intermediaries, high-level…[Read more]

]]> 0 e57d1c17a683746970cb642a76d8b46b https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578671/ Sun, 13 Aug 2017 01:27:13 -0400 This paper focuses on potential instances of indirect labor mobilization at Pylos, in which workers are retained for palatial projects, but through the agency of named individuals. I will attempt to show that in some cases the palaces supplemented directly-acquired labor with labor obtained through administrative intermediaries, high-level…[Read more]

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