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Where have major Mycenaean palace archives been found?

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Map of the Aegean region highlighting principal archaeological sites associated with ancient Aegean civilizations around 1250 BCE. The map shows mainland Greece, western Anatolia, and numerous islands in the Aegean Sea, with key locations such as Mycenae, Knossos, Troy, and Athens labeled. — Aegean civilizations Principal sites associated with Aegean civilizations.

Major Mycenaean palace archives, which consist of clay tablets inscribed with the Linear B script, have been discovered at several key sites across the Aegean region.12

These archives were primarily maintained in royal palaces and commercial centers to record inventories, personnel lists, and agricultural or military data. Significant collections have been found at the following locations:12

Crete: Knossos and Chania.1
Greek Mainland: Pylos, Mycenae, Tiryns, and Thebes.12

While these tablets were typically intended for temporary use and annual reuse, they were preserved through the accidental baking of the clay during the fires that destroyed these establishments. Additionally, excavations at Mycenae have uncovered tablets in buildings outside the main citadel walls, such as the "house of the oil merchant" and the "house of the wine merchant," which further attest to the administrative reach of the Mycenaean bureaucracy.23