The Bronze Age Begins ─ The Ceramics Revolution of Early Minoan I and the New Forms of Wealth That Transformed Prehistoric Society

In this study of technological and cultural change in Minoan society on Crete, Betancourt (art history and archaeology, Temple U.) first offers a detailed explanation of the Early Minoan I ceramics and the differences that set them apart from their predecessors. He then describes how these new containers changed the storage, transport, and accumulation of a new form of wealth consisting primarily of agricultural and animal products. He shows how the increased stability and security provided by the improved ability to store food had a profound effect on the society at the beginning of the Bronze Age. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)