LEADER 03082nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910452542203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62303-009-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001100258 035 $a(EBL)1274610 035 $a(OCoLC)852759418 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000916669 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11524406 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916669 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10878063 035 $a(PQKB)11640359 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1274610 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1274610 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10734000 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL504684 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001100258 100 $a20090210d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Bronze Age begins$b[electronic resource] $ethe ceramics revolution of early Minoan I and the new forms of wealth that transformed prehistoric society /$fby Philip P. Betancourt 210 $aPhiladelphia $cINSTAP Academic Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (161 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-931534-52-7 311 $a1-299-73433-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 113-130) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThis 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 superior containers changed the storage, transport, 606 $aPottery, Minoan$zGreece$zCrete 606 $aCeramics$zGreece$zCrete$xHistory 606 $aBronze age$zGreece$zCrete 606 $aWealth$xSocial aspects$zGreece$zCrete$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSocial change$zGreece$zCrete$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aCrete (Greece)$xAntiquities 607 $aCrete (Greece)$xSocial conditions 607 $aCrete (Greece)$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPottery, Minoan 615 0$aCeramics$xHistory. 615 0$aBronze age 615 0$aWealth$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 676 $a939/.1801 700 $aBetancourt$b Philip P.$f1936-$0208786 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452542203321 996 $aThe Bronze Age begins$91952728 997 $aUNINA