Betancourt, Philip P., 1936-

The Bronze Age begins the ceramics revolution of early Minoan I and the new forms of wealth that transformed prehistoric society / [electronic resource] : by Philip P. Betancourt. - Philadelphia : INSTAP Academic Press, 2008. - xx, 136 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-130) and index.

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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Pottery, Minoan--Greece--Crete.
Ceramics--History.--Greece--Crete
Bronze age--Greece--Crete.
Wealth--Social aspects--History--Greece--Crete--To 1500.
Social change--History--Greece--Crete--To 1500.


Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.
Crete (Greece)--Social conditions.
Crete (Greece)--Economic conditions.


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