This monograph deals with the destruction and disappearance of the palaces and palace societies of Late Bronze Age or Mycenaean Greece c.1200 and aspects of continuity and change in the subsequent Postpalatial period of the twelfth and eleventh centuries (LHIIIC). It is primarily concerned with mainland Greece and the islands, excluding Crete. An emphasis in this work, where analysis of the Greek material itself or theories based upon it is attempted, is the potential for differences between palatial and non-palatial areas. In order to set in context the discussion of collapse and of...

Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient, complex civilizations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island.

Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient, complex civilizations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island.