An article by my wife (Yolanda Courtney) base don her PhD is due to
appear in the International J. of Historical Archaeology sometime this
year on using 19th century pub tokens in Britain to reconstruct regional
marketing networks and mechanisms especially those used by the
Birmingham hardware trade.



In message <[log in to unmask]>, Todd Girdler
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>Apologies for cross postings.
>
>I'm recently starting my honours thesis, and I'm looking for examples of
>cases where recovered artefacts from a site or area can be directly linked
>to trading patterns. My thesis lies along the question of whether the
>evolution and constant change of trading patterns can be represented in the
>remaining material culture, and indeed can be traced from origin to final
>destination, and if changes in economic circumstances in these trading
>patterns can correspond with the economic climate at that time. Although my
>area is currently limited to the Murray Darling river trade in Australia,
>I'm looking for any relevant global case studies that might assist in my
>conclusions. Any assistance in tracking down such case studies would be
>emmensely helpful.
>
>Todd Girdler
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paul courtney