The Politics of Storage: Storage and Sociopolitical Complexity in Neopalatial Crete

by Kostandinos S. Christakis

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931534500
• ISBN13: 9781931534505
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 11.2"