The Trade Theory of Money: External Exchange and the Origins of Money - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory For over a century, scholars have debated the merits of two competing theories for the origins of money. The commodity theory of money has traditionally held that money developed as a medium of exchan...

New paper on the origins of money:

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New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.

Our new study on Aboriginal earth rings in Australia’s out! ‘New excavation of rings of mystery in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history’ in The Conversation: theconversation.com/new-excavati...

And our in-depth article in Australian Archaeology: doi.org/10.1080/0312...

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Australian Archaeology Volume 90, Issue 3 of Australian Archaeology

Australian Archaeology Volume 90 Issue 3 is out! All the articles are open access 🔓. Check out the latest archaeological research from around the country 📖⛏️🔽
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The picture shows a large number of broken glass vessels. The size of the fragments varies, some of them are small shards, while the shape of some of the vessels is still clearly visible. The majority of the glass fragments are of translucent blueish and greenish colour.

Fascinating world of (broken) ancient #glass: Fragments of more than 600 #Roman glass vessels, found in #Augsburg. The vessels were produced around 100 AD in Italy and broke presumably during transport to Augsburg, where they were buried in...🧵1/2

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Excellent coverage of the recent trip to Europe. From the December issue of Pupuni Ngirramini (Tiwi News)