The Politics of Storage: Storage and Sociopolitical Complexity in Neopalatial Crete (Prehistory Monographs) - Hardcover

Christakis, Kostandinos S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1931534500 ISBN 13: 9781931534505

Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory), 2008

Synopsis

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).

About this title

About the Author:

Kostandinos S Christakis is a Lecturer in the Department of Primary Education, University of Rethymnon, Crete, Greece.

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.' (R. Angus K. Smith, Brock University Mouseion, 2009)

About this edition

• Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1931534500
• ISBN 13: 9781931534505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 185