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 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
