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Reevaluating Staple and Wealth Finance at Mycenaean Pylos
- Author(s):
- Dimitri Nakassis (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- Archaeology
- Subject(s):
- History, Ancient, History--Comparative method, Economic history, Economics
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Linear B, Mycenaean, staple finance, wealth finance, Ancient history, Comparative ancient history, Political economy
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M62R3NW7C
- Abstract:
- Reciprocity and symbolic exchange are of considerable importance to understanding the Mycenaean political economy at Pylos. Thus, while wealth finance is a useful heuristic concept for making sense of Mycenaean political economy, it does not do an adequate job of describing or explaining that economy, which would be better characterized as a “prestige economy.” Unlike the well-known prestige goods model, the Mycenaean economy uses both staples in feasts and non-staples in symbolic exchanges to promote solidarity and ensure allegiance. At Mycenaean Pylos, the goal of most distributions seems aimed at the direct accumulation of symbolic profit.
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- Published as:
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
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- All Rights Reserved
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