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late 4th millennium BCE, beginning of BA, no evidence on Crete for powerful authorities operating out of architectural complexes
no evidence for social ranking, stratification, division of labor, or craft specialization
19th century BCE has palaces
Renfrew's redistributive model
Mediterranean triad led to specialization
redistributive chiefs arose to organize disposal of specialized agricultural products
but thin evidence for cultivation of olive and grape this early
not likely that anyone would specialize, they would diversify to hedge their bets
emergent elites not so much with the altruism, contra what Renfrew's model requires
not clear what the incentive for surplus would be (I guess if you're specializing, you'd better produce a surplus so you can trade for other things...don't try living on olives or olive oil)
Gamble
elite came first, manipulative/forceful, forced people to live in nucleated settlements like Phylakopi
circular since this whole forced economic specialization depended on nucleated settlements, which depended on elite power to arise
Halstead and Social Storage
give crops to needy neighbors in return for reciprocation
or maybe trade them for prestige items
Sherratt, van Andel, and Runnels & the Secondary Products Revolution
Not social storage, because there's not going to be any surplus outside the immediate social group
palaces grew up in less risky, better climates
They attribute it to first, modest trade networks in the late Mesolithic early Neolithic
more inventions/developments led to better agricultural exploitation
more emphasis on secondary products raised demand for grazing land for sheep & the like
improved boat technology made mass trading easier
better metalworking technology led to more prestige objects
But if so, why Crete and not the Cyclades, which is where the trade middlemen lived and also where they had the best access to raw materials?
no evidence for social ranking, stratification, division of labor, or craft specialization
19th century BCE has palaces
Renfrew's redistributive model
Mediterranean triad led to specialization
redistributive chiefs arose to organize disposal of specialized agricultural products
but thin evidence for cultivation of olive and grape this early
not likely that anyone would specialize, they would diversify to hedge their bets
emergent elites not so much with the altruism, contra what Renfrew's model requires
not clear what the incentive for surplus would be (I guess if you're specializing, you'd better produce a surplus so you can trade for other things...don't try living on olives or olive oil)
Gamble
elite came first, manipulative/forceful, forced people to live in nucleated settlements like Phylakopi
circular since this whole forced economic specialization depended on nucleated settlements, which depended on elite power to arise
Halstead and Social Storage
give crops to needy neighbors in return for reciprocation
or maybe trade them for prestige items
Sherratt, van Andel, and Runnels & the Secondary Products Revolution
Not social storage, because there's not going to be any surplus outside the immediate social group
palaces grew up in less risky, better climates
They attribute it to first, modest trade networks in the late Mesolithic early Neolithic
more inventions/developments led to better agricultural exploitation
more emphasis on secondary products raised demand for grazing land for sheep & the like
improved boat technology made mass trading easier
better metalworking technology led to more prestige objects
But if so, why Crete and not the Cyclades, which is where the trade middlemen lived and also where they had the best access to raw materials?
