Professor Robin Skeates robin.skeates@durham.ac.uk
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Trade and interaction
Skeates, R.
Authors
Contributors
C. Gosden
Editor
B. Cunliffe
Editor
R.A. Joyce
Editor
Abstract
This article focuses on the relevance of trade and interaction in archaeology. It evaluates the definitions of these terms, provides a critical synthesis of the diverse ways in which successive generations of archaeologists have approached and interpreted these topics, and considers some of the ways in which people in the past may have communicated with each other, through trade and interaction. It explains that trade and interaction are commonly associated with two sets of interpretations: the first, of certain durable objects found on archaeological sites, as imported and exported commodities; the second, of past people, as traders and travellers engaged in long-distance networks of contact, supply, and redistribution.
Citation
Skeates, R. (2009). Trade and interaction. In C. Gosden, B. Cunliffe, & R. Joyce (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of archaeology (555-578). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199271016.013.0019
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2009 |
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Deposit Date | May 24, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | May 24, 2016 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 555-578 |
Book Title | The Oxford handbook of archaeology. |
Chapter Number | 19 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199271016.013.0019 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1688955 |
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This is a draft of a chapter that was accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in the book 'The Oxford handbook of archaeology' edited by Chris Gosden, Barry Cunliffe, and Rosemary A. Joyce and published in 2009.
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