WEIGHTS, CURRENCY BARS AND METROLOGY AT DANEBURY HILLFORT. FROM WEIGHING TO VALUE ASSESSMENT?
POIGT, Thibaud
Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés [TRACES]
Ausonius-Institut de recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen âge
Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés [TRACES]
Ausonius-Institut de recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen âge
POIGT, Thibaud
Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés [TRACES]
Ausonius-Institut de recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen âge
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Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés [TRACES]
Ausonius-Institut de recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen âge
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Oxford Journal of Archaeology. 2022-10-05, vol. 41, n° 4, p. 423-446
Wiley
English Abstract
This paper studies the metrological characteristics of a series of balance weights recovered at Danebury hillfort (Stockbridge, Hampshire). It is based on the use of 3D‐digitalization to virtually reconstruct broken weights ...Read more >
This paper studies the metrological characteristics of a series of balance weights recovered at Danebury hillfort (Stockbridge, Hampshire). It is based on the use of 3D‐digitalization to virtually reconstruct broken weights and statistical analysis to approach their metrology. The results of this investigation suggests the use of two weighing units during the Late Iron Age at Danebury, one of 309 g and another of 257.7 g. The comparison of the weighing metrology inferred with currency bars found on the settlement and elsewhere suggests that a complex practice of weighing and counting linked the use of weights and iron bars.Read less <
English Keywords
Metrology
Late prehistoric trade
Late prehistory
iron age
Money
Origin
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