Transport Stirrup Jars of the Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean

Summary

The transport stirrup jar was a vessel type used extensively in the Late Bronze Age III Aegean world, used both to transport and to store liquid commodities in bulk. This study concentrates on the origins and distribution of the jars and thus tracing exchange routes, placing the jars within their historical context.

Product details

• Authors: Peter M. Day, Halford W. Haskell, Richard E Jones, Richard E. Jones, John T. Killen
• Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2011
• EAN: 9781931534628
• ISBN: 978-1-931534-62-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 286 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 1496 g
• Series: Prehistory Monographs; Prehistory Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity