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13 Cards in this Set
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Internal exchange
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Taking place within the specific society we are considering
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External exchange
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Where goods are traded over much greater distances, moving from one social unit to another.
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Reciprocity
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Give and take; people are equal who do this
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Redistribution
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You send something to a center and it is given out
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Sphere of exchange
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Concept that valuables and commodities were exchanged separately
-Valuables are exchanged against valuables -Commodities are exchanged against commodities |
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Characterization
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Allows you to identify characteristic properties of constituent material.
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Thin section analysis
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A technique whereby microscopic thin sections are cut from a stone object or potsherd and examined with a petrological microscope to determine the source of the material.
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Fall-off analysis
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Produced by down-the-line trading system
-Figuring out the original quantity and at different stages -The quantity declines the further you get from point of origin |
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Supply zone
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People living with in 200 miles of the supply collected it there themselves
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Contact zone
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Outside that area, obsidian was traded down the line
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Obsidian density
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Peer polities
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Independent societies of equal status
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Interaction spheres
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A regional or interregional exchange system, e.g. the Hopewell interaction sphere.
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