03144nam 2200649 a 450 991045255010332120200520144314.01-62303-012-9(CKB)2550000001100273(EBL)1274585(OCoLC)852759413(SSID)ssj0000917049(PQKBManifestationID)11487182(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917049(PQKBWorkID)10891021(PQKB)11364677(MiAaPQ)EBC1274585(Au-PeEL)EBL1274585(CaPaEBR)ebr10734004(CaONFJC)MIL504699(EXLCZ)99255000000110027320081110d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of storage[electronic resource] storage and sociopolitical complexity in neopalatial Crete /by Kostandinos S. ChristakisPhiladelphia, Pa. INSTAP Academic Press20081 online resource (257 p.)Prehistory monographs ;25Description based upon print version of record.1-931534-50-0 1-299-73448-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-172) and index.""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""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 sociopoliticalPrehistory MonographsPottery, MinoanGreeceCreteStorage jarsGreeceCreteExcavations (Archaeology)GreeceCreteCrete (Greece)AntiquitiesCrete (Greece)Politics and governmentCrete (Greece)Social conditionsElectronic books.Pottery, MinoanStorage jarsExcavations (Archaeology)939/.1801Christakis Kostandinos S.1966-477263MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452550103321The politics of storage2079740UNINA