Examining Collapse, Fragility, and Mycenaean Greece

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Late Bronze Age (LBA) Greece, c. 1200 B.C.E. was a period of fiery transformation. During this final phase of the Bronze Age, the Mycenaean civilization was at its height. Greece was comprised of highly stratified palace-states and city-states, each with its own government structure. To understand the nature of the political decline experienced widely during the LBA collapse, which saw the fall of multiple of political entities, one must first understand the precursors to it. Looking at the fragility of the palace and city-states and the internal struggles that presaged the LBA collapse is critical. In this poster, I explore how internal forces brought about the collapse of the Mycenaean system. I examine how civil unrest, political instability, and a multitude of other problems with the political systems within ultimately ushered in the collapse of Mycenaean Greece.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53437