Archaeopress Archaeology Gifts, goods and money: comparing currency and circulation systems in past societies, paperback/dirk brandherm

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The papers gathered in this volume explore the economic and social roles of exchange systems in past societies from a variety of different perspectives.

Based on a broad range of individual case studies, the authors tackle problems surrounding the identification of (pre-monetary) currencies in the archaeological record.

These concern the part played by weight measurement systems in their development, the changing role of objects as they shift between different spheres of exchange, e.

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