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Mycenaean Settlement on Tsoungiza Hill

by James C. Wright, Mary K. Dabney

Greece, historyMycenaean CivilizationAntiquitiesBronze ageExcavations (Archaeology)Nemea Valley Archaeological Project

"A hill dominating the Nemea Valley, Tsoungiza is located only 10 kilometers northwest of the citadel of Mycenae. Excavations there have uncovered the remains of a Late Helladic settlement that stood at its southern end. This volume presents the results of these investigations with an unprecedented study of a small settlement's economy and society in the Mycenaean period. Through an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates a wide variety of general and specialist studies, the authors demonstrate how agricultural production, craft activities, and ceremonial practices integrated the inhabitants of Tsoungiza into a regional exchange system within the Bronze Age world"--

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