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This article considers the wealth of new finds on Crete, which are helping scholars trace these developments from EM I to EM III. Studies have drawn attention to the role of a small number of gateway communities on the north coast of Crete in the transmission of Cycladic raw materials and products in the EM I&ndash;II periods. Significant changes in EM II suggest that this dynamic relationship was transformed as Cretan groups began to take a more active role in developing off-island networks to the east and west. The second half of the article highlights recent efforts in north-central and eastern Crete to define regional ceramic production in EM III and to consider major developments in the late Prepalatial urban and political landscape that appear to have played a role in the emergence of the first palaces on the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed Early Cycladic III &ldquo;gap&rdquo; was identified through careful correlations in the late Early Bronze II ceramic records of the mainland and the Cyclades. 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