| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages, 104 unnumbered pages of plates, 36 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Prehistory monographs ; 33
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Prehistory monographs ; 33.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations in the Text; List of Tables; List of Graphs; List of Figures; List of Plates; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1Introduction; 2 Typology; 3 Scientific Backgound and Aims of the Analyses; 4 Chemical Analyses; 5 Petrographic Analyses; 6Interpretation of the Chemical and Petrographic Data; Chemistry, Petrography, and Typology: Geographical Associations; 8The Linear B Inscriptions; 9Chronology and Power; 10Trade; 11Catalog; Appendix; References; Concordance 1; Concordance 2; Index; General Index. |
| Summary |
The transport stirrup jar was a vessel type used extensively in the Late Bronze Age III Aegean world. Found in a variety of contexts, the type was used both to transport and to store liquid commodities in bulk. The peak of the production and exchange of this jar corresponded with the time of economic expansion on the Greek mainland. On Crete, stirrup jars appeared at most major centres on the island. Their presence in large numbers in storerooms indicates the movement of commodities and the centralised storage and control of goods. The broad distribution of stirrup jars at coastal sites in the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pottery, Prehistoric -- Aegean Sea Region.
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Pottery, Prehistoric. |
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Bronze age -- Aegean Sea Region.
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Bronze age. |
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Aegean Sea Region -- Antiquities.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Aegean Sea Region.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Pottery, Prehistoric -- Mediterranean Region.
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Mediterranean Region. |
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Bronze age -- Mediterranean Region.
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Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mediterranean Region.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Haskell, Halford W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Transport stirrup jars of the Bronze Age Aegean and east Mediterranean. Philadelphia : INSTAP Academic Press, 2011 9781931534628 (DLC) 2011033494 (OCoLC)714722140 |
| ISBN |
9781623030063 (electronic book) |
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1623030064 (electronic book) |
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9781931534628 |
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1931534624 |
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