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UNINA9910452550103321 |
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Autore |
Christakis Kostandinos S. <1966-> |
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Titolo |
The politics of storage [[electronic resource] ] : storage and sociopolitical complexity in neopalatial Crete / / by Kostandinos S. Christakis |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Philadelphia, Pa., : INSTAP Academic Press, 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Collana |
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Prehistory monographs ; ; 25 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pottery, Minoan - Greece - Crete |
Storage jars - Greece - Crete |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece - Crete |
Electronic books. |
Crete (Greece) Antiquities |
Crete (Greece) Politics and government |
Crete (Greece) Social 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. [149]-172) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 From Storage Implements to Subsistence Autarkies: A Framework for Interpreting the Archaeological Record ""; ""2 Palatial Storage Practices""; ""3 Domestic and Nonpalatial Elite Storerooms""; ""4 Storage Behaviors and Subsistence Autarkies in the Nonpalatial Sectorof LM I Societies""; ""5 Storage and Sociopolitical Dynamics in LM I State Societies""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The storage of staples and its importance for the functioning of Cretan Bronze Age society has become an active topic of debate. This study reassesses the intrinsic relationship between storage and sociopolitical complexity by combining testimonies on the storage of staples from palatial, nonpalatial elite, and ordinary domestic contexts dated to the LM I period. The main goals are (1) to examine a wide range of information concerned with the storage of staples; (2) to develop a comprehensive model to explain how storage strategies operate within LM I societies; and (3) to infer sociopolitical |
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