Kostandinos S Christakis is a lecturer in the Depatrment of Primary Education, University of Rethymnon, Crete.

...landmark study opening new venues in the way we study and interpret coarse pottery.' -- The Classical Bulletin 82.2 The Classical Bulletin 82.2 This book is the first published monograph on ancient pithoi in the eastern Mediterranean.[...]Another important feature of Christakis contribution is that is examines Cretan Bronze Age pithoi from all periods (from EM I to LM IIIC), from most known sites of Crete (he draws from a large body of material [4,235 pieces])[...]...it is a landmark study opening new venues in the way we study and interpret coarse pottery.' -- The Classical Bulletin The Classical Bulletin ...this will be an essential volume in the libraries of pottery specialists of the Aegean Bronze Age, and excavators of Minoan Crete.' -- Mouseion Mouseion

• Introduction; A Formal Typology for Pithoi; Decorative Patterns and Style; The Use of Pithoi; Traditions and Trends in the Production and Consumption of Pithoi.