tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122769289008611945.post804401736854930836..comments2024-02-19T06:36:37.010-08:00Comments on Mycenaean Atlas Project: Further reflections on a Methodological Problem: The argument that Cyclopean walls were built to display status or powerRobert Consolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17953937280794805002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122769289008611945.post-28768449289712561492017-11-24T02:06:01.465-08:002017-11-24T02:06:01.465-08:00I very much agree with your worry about the idea o...I very much agree with your worry about the idea of "displaying wealth"being promoted beyond reasonable application. To my mind wealth is something that might be traded for influence. Fine cloths and gold jewellery are displays of wealth. Imposing stone built walls are a statement of resistance and stability - at best a statement of power. If they are of any real use at all then they are entirely functional constructions. Painting them a particular colour or pattern might be a statement of excess wealth - or a population with nothing to do! Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18087406193267367693noreply@blogger.com