Weight and Value in pre-coinage societies /
Michailidou, Anna.
Weight and Value in pre-coinage societies / Anna Michailidou. - Athens ; Paris : Kentron Ellenikes kai Romaikes Archaiotetos ; Diffusion De Boccard, 2008. - <2 > v. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Meletemata ; 61. . - Meletemata (Kentron Hellēnikēs kai Rōmaikēs Archaiotētos) ; 61. .
Description based on : v. 2, published in 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and footnotes.
[v. 1]. An introduction -- v. 2. Sidelights on Measurement from the Aegean and the Orient : I. Research Context : From the Aegean to the Orient? -- 1. From material evidence to symbolism -- 2. Correlating material evidence with the written sources -- 3. The circulation of commodities to be measured -- II. Weight Measurement in the Aegean : The Case of Akrotiri on the Island of Thera -- 1. Weighing equipment : Contextual analysis -- 2. Commodities measured by weight : the case of metals -- III. Ownership of the Balance : Evidence from Funerary Contexts in the Aegean -- 1. Mycenae shaft grave balances -- 2. Balances from Pylos -- 3. Balances and weights from Vapheio -- IV. Weight Measuring and the Estimation of Value : Ex Oriente Lux -- 1. Goods evaluated by weight : from consumables to commodities -- 2. Demand for goods : From use value to exchange value and the means of payment -- V. An Approach to Bronze Age Aegean Microeconomics in Akrotiri, Thera : Insights from the Orient -- 1. Harbours and local markets -- 2. Materials and products -- 3. Houses and properties -- 4. House inventories and merchandise -- 5. Animal capital and means of transport -- 6. Clothproducers and textile dealers -- 7. Private property in Metal -- 8. Ownership of weight measuring tools -- 9. Personal property transactions.
9789607905468
Measuring instruments--History.
Standards of length--History.
Weights and measures--History.
Meter (Unit)--Measurement--Egypt (Ancient)--Standards.
QC101 / M531 2008
Weight and Value in pre-coinage societies / Anna Michailidou. - Athens ; Paris : Kentron Ellenikes kai Romaikes Archaiotetos ; Diffusion De Boccard, 2008. - <2 > v. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Meletemata ; 61. . - Meletemata (Kentron Hellēnikēs kai Rōmaikēs Archaiotētos) ; 61. .
Description based on : v. 2, published in 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and footnotes.
[v. 1]. An introduction -- v. 2. Sidelights on Measurement from the Aegean and the Orient : I. Research Context : From the Aegean to the Orient? -- 1. From material evidence to symbolism -- 2. Correlating material evidence with the written sources -- 3. The circulation of commodities to be measured -- II. Weight Measurement in the Aegean : The Case of Akrotiri on the Island of Thera -- 1. Weighing equipment : Contextual analysis -- 2. Commodities measured by weight : the case of metals -- III. Ownership of the Balance : Evidence from Funerary Contexts in the Aegean -- 1. Mycenae shaft grave balances -- 2. Balances from Pylos -- 3. Balances and weights from Vapheio -- IV. Weight Measuring and the Estimation of Value : Ex Oriente Lux -- 1. Goods evaluated by weight : from consumables to commodities -- 2. Demand for goods : From use value to exchange value and the means of payment -- V. An Approach to Bronze Age Aegean Microeconomics in Akrotiri, Thera : Insights from the Orient -- 1. Harbours and local markets -- 2. Materials and products -- 3. Houses and properties -- 4. House inventories and merchandise -- 5. Animal capital and means of transport -- 6. Clothproducers and textile dealers -- 7. Private property in Metal -- 8. Ownership of weight measuring tools -- 9. Personal property transactions.
9789607905468
Measuring instruments--History.
Standards of length--History.
Weights and measures--History.
Meter (Unit)--Measurement--Egypt (Ancient)--Standards.
QC101 / M531 2008