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Title: | Material evidence and the relation between weight and value |
Author/Creator: | Michailidou, Anna |
Contributor: | Distributor: Diffusion de Boccard |
Date: | 2005 |
Type: | Book Chapter (Monographic Series Chapter) |
Abstract: | The book starts with three chapters that give three aspects of the research project on Weight and Value. First, the overall picture of the subject is presented This introductory chapter of the book takes the reader from the point of departure, the study of the simple stone and metal balance weights, to the ultimate destination, that is a system of exchange involving metals that, in the words of Pare 2000, “make the world go round”. |
Publication Place: | Αθήνα |
Publisher: | Κέντρον Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητος (ΚΕΡΑ) / Εθνικόν Ίδρυμα Ερευνών (ΕΙΕ) |
Book/Series title: | Weight and value in pre-coinage societies: An introduction |
Series Title: | Μελετήματα |
Series Title Number: | 42 |
Pages: | 15-22 |
Subject Category: | Κοινωνικές επιστήμες History::History (General)::Ancient history Auxiliary sciences of History::Archaeology |
Keywords: | Weight; Value; Balance; Pre-coinage economy; Merchandise; Slaves; Bronze Age |
Spatial Coverage: | Aegean Near East Egypt |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes |
Language: | Greek English |
Is Part Of: | Weight and value in pre-coinage societies: An introduction |
URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/10442/16460 |
Other Identifiers: | ISBN: 960-7905-23-7 Vol. I |
Rights holder: | Copyright © Κέντρον Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητος (ΚΕΡΑ) / Εθνικόν Ίδρυμα Ερευνών (ΕΙΕ) |