Andrew Bevan is a lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. His work has been supported by fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust, the Institute of Aegean Prehistory, and the Dr. M. Alwyn Cotton Foundation. He also received the Michael Ventris Memorial Award for Mycenaean Studies.

Review of the hardback: '… should be in every serious library.' American Journal of Archaeology

• 1. Introduction; 2. Agreeing on things; 3. Moving people, objects and ideas; 4. Making stone vessels; 5. The third millennium BC; 6. The earlier second millennium; 7. The later second millennium; 8. The rough and the smooth: stone vessels from a comparative perspective; 9. Forging value and casting stones; Appendix.

Andrew Bevan is a lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. His work has been supported by fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust, the Institute of Aegean Prehistory, and the Dr. M. Alwyn Cotton Foundation. He also received the Michael Ventris Memorial Award for Mycenaean Studies.

Review of the hardback: '… should be in every serious library.' American Journal of Archaeology

• 1. Introduction; 2. Agreeing on things; 3. Moving people, objects and ideas; 4. Making stone vessels; 5. The third millennium BC; 6. The earlier second millennium; 7. The later second millennium; 8. The rough and the smooth: stone vessels from a comparative perspective; 9. Forging value and casting stones; Appendix.

Andrew Bevan is a lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. His work has been supported by fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust, the Institute of Aegean Prehistory, and the Dr. M. Alwyn Cotton Foundation. He also received the Michael Ventris Memorial Award for Mycenaean Studies.

Review of the hardback: '… should be in every serious library.' American Journal of Archaeology

• 1. Introduction; 2. Agreeing on things; 3. Moving people, objects and ideas; 4. Making stone vessels; 5. The third millennium BC; 6. The earlier second millennium; 7. The later second millennium; 8. The rough and the smooth: stone vessels from a comparative perspective; 9. Forging value and casting stones; Appendix.