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 ; by Philip P. Betancourt. - Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2008. - xx, 136 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

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

he 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
Ceramics--History--Greece--Crete


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