Published by Cambridge University Press
B/w photos. The aim of Robin Torrence's important new study is to develop new methods for reconstructing the processes of prehistoric exchange. Recent archaeological work on stone tools has concentrated on mapping obsidian finds relative to source areas using trace-element analysis and on investigating the effect of trade on particular cultural groups. Dr Torrrence, in contrast, extensively on ethnographic analogy to develop a new approach which uses differences in the level of efficiency required for the acquisition of raw materials and the production of goods to infer types of exchange. Regional patterns of tool manufacture, specialist craft production at central places, and quarrying are analyzed in detail in the context of the prehistoric Aegean and previous ideas about the importance of trade in the growth of civilizations are subjected to a thoroughgoing reassessment. ISBN: 0521252660
Categories: HISTORY, HISTORY GENERAL,
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