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- Title
Weight Sets: Identification and Analysis.
- Authors
Schon, Robert
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
WEIGHTS &; measures; METROLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; WEIGHT-based pricing; MEASUREMENT; BRONZE Age; HISTORY
- Publication
Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2015, Vol 25, Issue 2, p477
- ISSN
0959-7743
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0959774314000808