TY - JOUR
T1 - Weight sets
T2 - Identification and analysis
AU - Schon, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 2015.
PY - 2015/4/23
Y1 - 2015/4/23
N2 - Standardized weights and measures play an important role in the economies of complex societies. Traditionally, archaeometrologists have employed individual weights as their basic units of analysis and, as a result, they have been able to address a limited range of questions concerning the economic role of weights. I propose a shift in emphasis from individual weights to sets of weights as the primary units of analysis. Using cases from the Aegean Bronze Age, I present a method for reconstructing sets of weights, offer criteria for their analysis and discuss the implications of this new perspective.
AB - Standardized weights and measures play an important role in the economies of complex societies. Traditionally, archaeometrologists have employed individual weights as their basic units of analysis and, as a result, they have been able to address a limited range of questions concerning the economic role of weights. I propose a shift in emphasis from individual weights to sets of weights as the primary units of analysis. Using cases from the Aegean Bronze Age, I present a method for reconstructing sets of weights, offer criteria for their analysis and discuss the implications of this new perspective.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0959774314000808
DO - 10.1017/S0959774314000808
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928600276
SN - 0959-7743
VL - 25
SP - 477
EP - 494
JO - Cambridge Archaeological Journal
JF - Cambridge Archaeological Journal
IS - 2
ER -