The decipherment of linear B
The story of Michael Ventris and his decipherment of the Mycenaean Linear B script
Print Book, English, 1967
University Press, Cambridge [England], 1967
[x], 164 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (1 folded), maps, portrait ; 22 cm
9780521398305, 9780521095969, 0521398304, 0521095964
5964497
Illustrations; Preface; 1. Michael Ventris; 2. The Minoan scripts; 3. Hopes and failures; 4. Birth of a theory; 5. Growth and development; 6. The decipherment and the critics; 7. Life in Mycenaean Greece; 8. Prospects; Postscript; Appendix; Index.