ocr: reminiscent of a honeycomb. In such villages the early Bronze Age Cretans lived a communal life in which ties were close; there is - little evidence of social ranking in the villages. The second trend was the probable development within these tightly knit communities of nuclear or extended families, which formed subunits of the village. The third trend was the establishment of territories defined as being for the use ofa particular settlement. Such territories were small regions that evolved through continuous agricultural exploitation. The farmers of the Early Bronze Age lived close together ...
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