Trade and Exchange Archaeological Studies from History and Prehistory /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dillian, Carolyn D. (Editor), White, Carolyn L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Life sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Cultural Heritage.

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-l...