Catherine E. Pratt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Her field work has included Palaikastro on Crete, the Palace of Nestor at Pylos, Mycenae, and the Athenian Agora. She is currently co-director of the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey in Porto Raphti, Greece. Her work has been published in AJA and BSA.

'The individual chapters provide useful studies of the social and economic history of each period, as mediated by the evidence for oil and wine production, consumption, and exchange … The book as a whole is valuable reading for all interested in the transition from the Bronze Age to the early polis.' Evan Vance, Rhea Classical Reviews

• 1. Introduction; 2. Developing a Relationship of Dependency: Oil and Wine in the Minoan Palatial Era; 3. Controlling the Relationship: Oil and Wine in the Mycenaean Palatial Era; 4. Maintaining the Relationship: Oil and Wine in Postpalatial Greece; 5. Rebuilding the Relationship: Oil and Wine in Early Iron Age Greece; 6. Expanding the Relationship: Oil and Wine in the Early Archaic Period; 7. Conclusion: Cultural Commodities and the Future of Oil and Wine.

Catherine E. Pratt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Her field work has included Palaikastro on Crete, the Palace of Nestor at Pylos, Mycenae, and the Athenian Agora. She is currently co-director of the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey in Porto Raphti, Greece. Her work has been published in AJA and BSA.

'The individual chapters provide useful studies of the social and economic history of each period, as mediated by the evidence for oil and wine production, consumption, and exchange … The book as a whole is valuable reading for all interested in the transition from the Bronze Age to the early polis.' Evan Vance, Rhea Classical Reviews

• 1. Introduction; 2. Developing a Relationship of Dependency: Oil and Wine in the Minoan Palatial Era; 3. Controlling the Relationship: Oil and Wine in the Mycenaean Palatial Era; 4. Maintaining the Relationship: Oil and Wine in Postpalatial Greece; 5. Rebuilding the Relationship: Oil and Wine in Early Iron Age Greece; 6. Expanding the Relationship: Oil and Wine in the Early Archaic Period; 7. Conclusion: Cultural Commodities and the Future of Oil and Wine.

Catherine E. Pratt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Her field work has included Palaikastro on Crete, the Palace of Nestor at Pylos, Mycenae, and the Athenian Agora. She is currently co-director of the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey in Porto Raphti, Greece. Her work has been published in AJA and BSA.

'The individual chapters provide useful studies of the social and economic history of each period, as mediated by the evidence for oil and wine production, consumption, and exchange … The book as a whole is valuable reading for all interested in the transition from the Bronze Age to the early polis.' Evan Vance, Rhea Classical Reviews

• 1. Introduction; 2. Developing a Relationship of Dependency: Oil and Wine in the Minoan Palatial Era; 3. Controlling the Relationship: Oil and Wine in the Mycenaean Palatial Era; 4. Maintaining the Relationship: Oil and Wine in Postpalatial Greece; 5. Rebuilding the Relationship: Oil and Wine in Early Iron Age Greece; 6. Expanding the Relationship: Oil and Wine in the Early Archaic Period; 7. Conclusion: Cultural Commodities and the Future of Oil and Wine.