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Cost, benefit and value in the organization of early European copper production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stephen Shennan
Stephen Shennan*
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Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England, s.shennan@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

How can archaeologists evaluate the ‘cost of production’ in prehistory? Stephen Shennan explores ethnographic examples, Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage and archaeological evidence from the eastern Alps in a stimulating discussion of Bronze Age production and exchange.

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Alpscopperminingexchangecentral EuropeBronze AgeRicardo's law

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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 280 , June 1999 , pp. 352 - 363
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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