Weight systems in the Scandinavian Bronze Age

• Autores: Mats P. Malmer
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 66, Nº 251, 1992, págs. 377-388
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The current received view is that the economy of the Bronze Age of northern Europe was based on gift exchange rather than trade. This paper, based on a comparative analysis of three groups of Scandinavian bronze and gold artefacts – bronze statuettes of ‘goddesses with necklets’, golden ‘oath rings’ and Fårdrup bronze axes – suggest that there were one or more standard weight systems in use in Bronze Age Scandinavia. The author uses these data to state a case for a trade economy, reminiscent of the Mycenaean world.