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Economics of Religion in the Mycenaean World
Lisa Maria Bendall
其他書名
Resources Dedicated to Religion in the Mycenaean Palace Economy
出版
Oxford University School of Archaeology
, 2007
主題
Business & Economics / Economics / General
History / Ancient / General
History / Ancient / Greece
Religion / History
Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN
1905905025
9781905905027
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=K1_XAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The Mycenaean Linear B tablets include numerous references to religion, such as details of offerings, banqueting foodstuffs or land-tenure relating to cult personnel. While contributing significantly to our understanding of early Greek religion, the documents are exclusively economic and administrative records and the limitations of such sources have long been recognised. Few attempts have been made, however, to analyse the purely economic information about religion we do have in Linear B. Such analysis is essential to understanding the place of religion in Mycenaean palace society. This book asks a simple but important question: What proportion of the resources available to the palaces was directed towards support for religion? Price approx.