The Protopalatial pottery from Malia: combining new and old data

The authors summarise old and newly excavated data and publications concerning the Protopalatial material from the palatial site of Malia, Crete. Despite the difficulties in presenting new pottery from MM IB and MM IIA contexts, because of the paucity of pottery deposits across the site, they attempt to identify the main changes of fine wares and shapes from a diachronic perspective. For the MM IIB phase, they reveal similar and different production and consumption patterns in the various areas of the settlement.