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The Politics of Storage: Storage and Sociopolitical Complexity in Neopalatial Crete: 25
Author(s): Kostandinos S. Christakis (Author)
- Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
- Publication Date: 10 Aug. 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 185 pages
- ISBN-10: 1931534500
- ISBN-13: 9781931534505
Book Description
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 and socio-economic levels of interaction among the different social sectors operating within LM I societies (mainly LM IB societies).
Editorial Reviews
Review
The Politics of Storage: Storage and Sociopolitical Complexity in Neopalatial Crete, offers a thorough evaluation and analysis of the role pithoi and storage in Neopalatial Crete...This analysis offers a number of new insights into the workings of the Neopalatial economy, and even its demise.' --Mouseion
About the Author
Kostandinos S Christakis is a Lecturer in the Department of Primary Education, University of Rethymnon, Crete, Greece.
