Trade and Exchange: Archaeological Studies from History and Prehistory

by Carolyn L. White and Carolyn D. Dillian

Book Overview

Long before the advent of the global economy, foreign goods were transported, traded, and exchanged through myriad means, over short and long distances. Archaeological tools for identifying foreign objects, such as provenance studies, stylistic analyses, and economic documentary sources reveal non-local materials in historic and prehistoric assemblages.

Trade and exchange represent more than mere production and consumption. Exchange of goods...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489984380
• ISBN13: 9781489984388
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"