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Author Christakis, Kostandinos S., 1966-

Title Cretan Bronze Age Pithoi : traditions and trends in the production and consumption of storage containers in Bronze Age Crete / by Kostandinos S. Christakis
Published Philadelphia, Pa. : INSTAP Academic Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 111 pages, 98 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Prehistory monographs ; 18
Prehistory monographs ; 18.
Contents Ch. 1. A formal typology for pithoi -- Ch. 2. Decorative patterns and style -- Ch. 3. The use of pithoi -- Ch. 4. Traditions and trends in the production and consumption of pithoi
Summary The pithos is one of the most distinctive utilitarian forms of the Cretan Bronze Age ceramic repertoire; it is the foremost parameter for the evaluation of the economic organization of palatial and domestic sectors of Cretan Bronze Age society. This book is a study of the production and consumption of pithoi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-101) and index
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Subject Pottery, Minoan -- Greece -- Crete
Storage jars -- Greece -- Crete
ART -- Ceramics.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Pottery & Ceramics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities.
Pottery, Minoan.
Storage jars.
Bronzezeit
Pithos
Crete (Greece) -- Antiquities.
Greece -- Crete.
Kreta
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781623030780
1623030781