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Autore |
Betancourt Philip P. <1936-> |
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Titolo |
The Bronze Age begins [[electronic resource] ] : the ceramics revolution of early Minoan I and the new forms of wealth that transformed prehistoric society / / by Philip P. Betancourt |
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Philadelphia, : INSTAP Academic Press, 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pottery, Minoan - Greece - Crete |
Ceramics - Greece - Crete - History |
Bronze age - Greece - Crete |
Wealth - Social aspects - Greece - Crete - History - To 1500 |
Social change - Greece - Crete - History - To 1500 |
Electronic books. |
Crete (Greece) Antiquities |
Crete (Greece) Social conditions |
Crete (Greece) Economic conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-130) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The change in ceramic technology in EM I -- The clays and the fired fabrics -- The pottery shapes -- EM I surface treatments and decoration and their relation to fabrics, shapes, and methods of manufacture -- Comments and conclusions on the pottery -- The transformation of Cretan society. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book focuses on economic and social changes, particularly during the opening phase of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete. New developments in ceramics that reached Crete at the end of the Neolithic period greatly contributed to the creation of economic, technological, social, and religious advancements we call the Early Bronze Age. The arguments are two-fold: a detailed explanation of the ceramics we call Early Minoan I and the differences that set it apart from its predecessors, and an explanation of how these new and highly |
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