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289 Palace-centered states not universal: Achaea and Laconia never developed them. May have continued to operate at the level of the Early Mycenaean village-centered societies, outside the control of any particular center; and indeed they benefited from the collapse of the palatial administrations ca. 1190 BCE, at the end of LH IIIB.
290 In contrast to the "Big Man" societies of the early Mycenaean period, dependent on personal prestige and kinship connections, the office of wanax was more important than the particular individual who held it.
291 no compelling evidence that boundaries were fixed
292 The earliest records from Knossos are from the Room of the Chariot Tablets, which probably date to LMIIIAI. The earliest tablets yet found on the mainland come from an LH IIIA2 context at Mycenae.
293 not clear if the wanax was a lawgiver, or a military leader, but he was definitely in charge of the economy and a religious leader
297 Pylos is the only site at which a central Archives Complex has been identified
307 Because Mycenaean states were autonomous and the texts show almost no sign of interaction among them, it is less likely that exchange was funneled through a single center, such as Mycenae.
290 In contrast to the "Big Man" societies of the early Mycenaean period, dependent on personal prestige and kinship connections, the office of wanax was more important than the particular individual who held it.
291 no compelling evidence that boundaries were fixed
292 The earliest records from Knossos are from the Room of the Chariot Tablets, which probably date to LMIIIAI. The earliest tablets yet found on the mainland come from an LH IIIA2 context at Mycenae.
293 not clear if the wanax was a lawgiver, or a military leader, but he was definitely in charge of the economy and a religious leader
297 Pylos is the only site at which a central Archives Complex has been identified
307 Because Mycenaean states were autonomous and the texts show almost no sign of interaction among them, it is less likely that exchange was funneled through a single center, such as Mycenae.
