The origins of money: Calculation of similarity indexes demonstrates the earliest development of commodity money in prehistoric Central Europe

The origins of money and the formulation of coherent weight and measurement systems are amongst the most significant prehistoric developments of the human intellect. We present a method for detecting perceptible standardization of weights and apply this to 5028 Early Bronze Age rings, ribs, and axe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2021-01, Vol.16 (1), p.e0240462-e0240462
Hauptverfasser:	Kuijpers, Maikel H G, Popa, Cătălin N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropological research Approximation Archaeology Archaeology - methods Biology and Life Sciences Bronze Age Commerce - history Commodification Commodities Computer and Information Sciences Datasets Europe History, Ancient Humans People and Places Prehistoric era Sensory perception Social Sciences Standardization Weight Weights and Measures - history Weights and Measures - standards
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