![]() ![]() Evidence for low-status female workers at Pylos are treated in detail in Chapter Three. The second chapter lays out criteria for identifying women in the tablets and sketches the contexts in which women appear in the tablets. ![]() An introductory chapter sets the stage and outlines the objectives of the book: to locate Mycenaean women, understand why they appear in the tablets, and assess the role that gender played in the polities of Pylos and Knossos, specifically addressing the question “is the treatment of women in the economic records from Pylos and Knossos the same?” (16). ![]() In this much-awaited book based on her 2004 dissertation, Olsen has done us a great favor by synthesizing the evidence for some 2000 women, for a comprehensive study of the role of women in the Mycenaean world has long been a lacuna in the scholarly literature. The tablets thus include a wealth of information about the relationships of individuals and groups to the palatial authority. Although the latter has often been overshadowed by the former, in fact the most commonly attested words in Mycenaean Greek are personal names. ![]() Linear B tablets, sometimes derided as mere laundry lists, are in fact a rich source for economic and social history. ![]()
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