The meanings of standardisation: Conical cups in the late Bronze Age Aegean

Antiquity

Volumn 78, Issue 299, 2004, Pages 74-85

  Berg, Ina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean; Bronze age; Pottery production; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CRAFT PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942506050     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00092942     Document Type: Article

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