Ancient economies (Archaeology)

Resources Exploitation and Handicraft Activities at Tell Mardikh-Ebla (Syria) during the Early and Middle Bronze Ages

by Luca Peyronel

published in R. Matthews et al. (eds), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, London 12th-16th April 2010, Vol. 1, Wiesbaden, 2012, pp. 475-496

Water Supply, Labor Organization and Land Ownership in Indus Floodplain Agricultural Systems

by Heather M.-L. Miller

Private, Communal and Royal Economy in the Iron Age II (the Period of the Monarchy), Jerusalem and Eretz-Israel 4-5 (2007): 41-58 (HEBREW)

by Avraham Faust

The economy of ancient Israel had received a number of studies over the years. Initially, those attempted to describe... more The economy of ancient Israel had received a number of studies over the years. Initially, those attempted to describe the major economic specialization and the region’s trade, mainly by using the written sources. Gradually, however, the archaeological finds received the leading role - many archaeological studies have discussed various items, unearthed in excavations, and identified their place of origin, in order to learn on interregional and even international trade. Other studies analyzed the agricultural installations and discussed the period’s technology. The economic systems in which the installations or items were embedded had received much less attention, and the socio-economic system behind them was hardly discussed at all.
Still, the wealth of archaeological finds unearthed in the land of Israel enable, by combining all sources of information, to reconstruct the various socio-economic systems that operated at the time. The finds indicate that during Iron Age II there were private\familial (at the nuclear family level) economic systems, communal (at the lineage level) economic systems, and an urban\royal economic system. Those systems operated contemporaneously, sometimes even at the same settlement.

Quelques monnaies inédites ou mal attribuées de la péninsule d’Halicarnasse

by Koray Konuk

in K. Konuk (ed.), STEPHANÈPHOROS. De l’économie antique à l’Asie Mineure. Hommages à Raymond Descat (Bordeaux, 2012).

Disturbances in Late Minoan III and Sub-Minoan Crete: Generating Archaeological Hypotheses with Production and Trade Models

by Donald Jones

The Archaeology and Economy of Homeric Gift Exchange, OpAth 24

by Donald Jones

Chapple, R. M. 2011 'Review: Creative Minds: Proceedings of a Public Seminar on Archaeological Discoveries on National Road Schemes, August 2009' Blogspot post

by Robert M Chapple

Chapple, R. M. 2011 'Irish National Strategic Research (INSTAR) Programme- Findings From the First Phase 2008-2011. Review' Blogspot post

by Robert M Chapple

Вопрос о возникновении денежного обращения в Северном Причерноморье в свете находок архаических иностранных монет // Восток, Европа, Америка в древности. Сборник научных трудов XVI Сергеевских чтений. М., 2010. С. 112-122.

by Evgeny Zakharov

La Monnaie en Ethiopie, de Zoskalès à Ménélik II

by Massimiliano Munzi

Published in L. Cantamessa, Ethiopie. Au fabuleux pays du Prêtre Jean, Genève 2010, pp. 43-46.

Le origini dell'architettura in pietra a Roma

by Gabriele Cifani

in L. KARLSSON. R. BRANDT (eds.), From Huts to Houses. Transformation of Ancient Societies (Acts of the Seminar, Rome 22-25 Sept. 1997), Stockholm
2001, pp. 55-61.

Economic Theory and Greek Neolithic Archaeology

by Kosmas Touloumis

Published online, "Pro-istorimata", issue 1, March 2009.

This article discusses the way in which economic theory has influenced human sciences such as history and social... more This article discusses the way in which economic theory has influenced human sciences such as history and social anthropology with particular interest in prehistoric archaeology and, especially, Greek Neolithic archaeology. The seeking for the origins of agriculture was the starting point for the study of prehistoric economy either in its interaction with society or as an indicative of biological evolution. During the 80’s and the 90’s the theoretical consideration about the role of economy in the understanding of Neolithic society developed gradually. Greek Neolithic archaeology was, initially, concerned with the problem of the indigenous or the colonial of Greek Neolithic but later a Marxist approach tried to designate the Neolithic mode of production. Other scholars pointed out the significance of exchanges or storage and surplus and they attempted to define the appearance of the prehistoric state in Aegean. Nowadays post-processual approaches argue the importance of production for our theoretical constructions about the past and stress the great significance of social identity, ideology, meaning and symbolic expression. It is necessary, therefore, to reconsider our approaches about economic production and especially the relationship between production and ideology in prehistory.

Η αρχαιολογία της προϊστορικής αποθήκευσης: μια επισκόπηση (The archaeology of prehistoric storage: a review)

by Kosmas Touloumis

Ν. Μερούσης, Ε. Στεφανή, Μ. Νικολαϊδου (επιμ.), Ίρις, Μελέτες στη μνήμη της καθηγήτριας Αγγελικής Πιλάλη-Παπαστερίου από τους μαθητές της στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, εκδόσεις Κορνηλία Σφακιανάκη, Θεσσαλονίκη 2010.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF PREHISTORIC STORAGE: A REVIEW
Kosmas Touloumis

What are the theoretical principles... more THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF PREHISTORIC STORAGE: A REVIEW
Kosmas Touloumis

What are the theoretical principles that govern the archaeological approach to issues such as storage and surplus? In this short review we will try to summarize the research in this field, from culture-historical till post-processual archaeology, with emphasis on the last decade. These questions may be further specified in a way which will help us to clarify the objectives of our brief study. What is the meaning of prehistoric surplus? How it is recognized in the archaeological record? Are there any short or long – term variations in the Aegean prehistory, especially
during Paleolithic, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age that can be certified regarding the use and meaning of surplus? The socio-economic institutions, the values of a specific, historically-defined prehistoric community and the way the social subjects
of this community perceived surplus, together with the wider conditions under which surplus was produced are the key components for the determination of its importance.
It is clear that surplus can be recognizable in the archaeological record. It is too restrictive, though, to be treated only as an adaptive behavior, as a survival strategy which responds exclusively to ecological factors associated with a good or
a bad harvest. Storage and storage practices can be related to underlying social knowledge and human perceptions of the world. On the other hand, we cannot deny that any role storage-related spaces and practices may have played in the
formation of social identities derived, at least at an early stage, from the food surplus’ economic and social value. The key to understanding the role and meaning of surplus in prehistory is to consider it not only on the synchronic but also on the diachronic scale, focusing on the changes that occurred from the Paleolithic
till the Early Bronze Age. The “institutionalized” presence of surplus is the final challenge. This transformation, must be connected to a specific prehistoric period and is the result of processes within a community, associated with the meanings,
the ideology and the social identities of its members. Understanding of this transformation ultimately depends on the archaeologist’s theoretical standpoint.

Fuentes de riqueza y promoción social de los negotiantes salsarii béticos durante el Alto Imperio romano. Una aproximación diacrónica

by Julio Martínez Maganto

Domestic Craft Production and the Classic Period Economy of Oaxaca (2011)

by Gary Feinman

(Gary M. Feinman and Linda M. Nicholas, 2011)

Classical and Hellenistic textile production at Euesperides (Benghazi, Libya): preliminary results

by Andrew Wilson

Tébar Megías, E. and Wilson, A. I. (2008) ‘Classical and Hellenistic textile production at Euesperides (Benghazi, Libya): preliminary results’, in C. Alfaro and L. Karali (eds), Purpureae Vestes, II: Vestidos, Textiles y Tintes. Estudios sobre la produccin de bienes de consumo en la antigüedad. Actas del II symposium internacional sobre textiles y tintes del Mediterraneo en el mundo antiguo (Atenas, 24 al 26 de noviembre, 2005). Valencia: 49-59.

Roman Monetization in Northern Mesopotamia

by Edward Dandrow

Coinage and Civic Identity in Pessinous

by Edward Dandrow

Vino e società nelle città magnogreche: tradizioni letterarie e documenti epigrafici

by Flavia Frisone

Co-authored with M. Lombardo
published in Atti XLIX Convegno Internazionale di Studi sulla Magna Grecia La vigna di Dioniso, vite, vino e culti in Magna Grecia, Taranto 24-28 settembre 2009, Istituto per la Storia e l’Archeologia della Magna Grecia, Taranto, pp 299-363 ( Frisone's pages: 310-340; 348-363)

Evangéline Markou, « Le voyage de la monnaie chypriote archaïque et classique dans le temps et dans l’espace »

by Evangeline Markou

in Th. Faucher, M.-C. Marcellesi and O. Picard (ed.), Nomisma: La circulation monétaire dans le monde grec, BCH suppl. 53 (2011), 397-416.

The present contribution studies the “trip” of the Cypriote coinage in time, that is during the archaic and classical... more The present contribution studies the “trip” of the Cypriote coinage in time, that is during the archaic and classical periods (5th - 4th centuries BCE), and in space, that is in the interior and outside the borders of the island of Cyprus, through the study of coin hoards and overstrikes. Although foreign currency is rarely found in hoards in Cyprus and in limited quantities, foreign money arrived in the island but was transformed in local money through reissuing or overstrikes.