Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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The "Energetics" of Mycenaean Defense Works: Assessing Labour Investment for Fortification Construction during the Late Helladic Period (ca. 1600-1200 B.C.)

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Cook, Philip, Thesis advisor (ths): Fitzsimons, Rodney D, Degree committee member (dgc): Ianonne, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Lohmann, Roger, Degree committee member (dgc): Devolder, Maud, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the mobilization of labour required for fortification construction during the Late Helladic (LH) period of the Aegean Bronze Age. It adopts an "energetics" approach to architecture, as a framework for systematically calculating the labour costs of construction, and using such costs to infer relative differences in political power among groups and… more
Full Text: THE “ENERGETICS” OF MYCENAEAN DEFENSE WORKS: ASSESSING LABOUR INVESTMENT FOR FORTIFICATION CONSTRUCTION DURING THE LATE HELLADIC PERIOD (ca. 1600-1200 B.C.) A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements …