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Steinberg, John Michael.

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The economic prehistory of Thy, Denmark: A study of the changing value of flint based on a methodology of the plowzone.

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Title/Author:	The economic prehistory of Thy, Denmark: A study of the changing value of flint based on a methodology of the plowzone./
Author:	Steinberg, John Michael.
Description:	547 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-06, Section: A, page: 2268.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International58-06A.
Subject:	Anthropology, Archaeology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9737383
ISBN:	9780591470772

The economic prehistory of Thy, Denmark: A study of the changing value of flint based on a methodology of the plowzone.
Steinberg, John Michael.

The economic prehistory of Thy, Denmark: A study of the changing value of flint based on a methodology of the plowzone. - 547 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-06, Section: A, page: 2268.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.

Flakes, the remnants of stone tool production, provide the foundation for an economic prehistory of Thy, Denmark. Recovered in massive quantities from the plowzone of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites (4000-1100 BC), these flakes tell a story of exchange and property rights: the creation of weak rights, their disintegration, and the eventual rise of strong, stable rights.

ISBN: 9780591470772Subjects--Topical Terms:

622985
Anthropology, Archaeology.

The economic prehistory of Thy, Denmark: A study of the changing value of flint based on a methodology of the plowzone.
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500 $a Chair: Timothy K. Earle.
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520 $a Flakes, the remnants of stone tool production, provide the foundation for an economic prehistory of Thy, Denmark. Recovered in massive quantities from the plowzone of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites (4000-1100 BC), these flakes tell a story of exchange and property rights: the creation of weak rights, their disintegration, and the eventual rise of strong, stable rights.
520 $a The archaeological record in lowland Europe is biased because so many prehistoric settlements are disturbed by modern agriculture and reduced to lithic scatters. To remedy this bias I built "The Machine," a motorized screen that allows efficient processing of large plowsoil samples from single component sites. This methodology yields comparable results for stone tool producing time periods, regardless of preservation. The result of plowzone testing--a site signature--details the total amount and characteristics of lithic production. A comparison of the variation in site signatures within and between time periods describes the changing economic environment.
520 $a The results indicate that during the Early Neolithic (TRB), people were concentrated at widely spaced sites that were uniform but dense. The economy of the TRB period was organized around weak property rights, enforced by chiefs who limited labor mobility. The mark of this economy was a qualitative (gift) exchange driven by a desire for high quality flint that made for efficient tree cutting.
520 $a Subsequently, the Late Neolithic was a period of low economic activity. Sites are broadly distributed, and a substantial proportion of lithic activity (mostly ad hoc) took place away from sites. The dagger, though an ideal medium for exchange, was not traded because these pastoralists were politically uncontrollable and property rights were not stable.
520 $a Finally, stable and strong property rights promoted warranted exchange during the Early Bronze Age when chiefs enforced full ownership of commodities and land. Early Bronze Age sites indicate a substantial variation in the total number of flakes, their distribution, and characteristics. I find evidence of a division of labor between sites in stone tool production: a specialization in flint sickles. These sickles were traded in a quantitative exchange where low-cost reliable goods were valued.
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