Salt and ceramic exchange in Western Britain during the first Millennium B.C
This thesis demonstrates the distribution of several prehistoric commodities by the characterization of the artifacts, the identification of their production locations, and the final deposition of those artifacts after transportation and use. The structures of these distributions are the results of the production and exchange systems maintained by the economic and social organization in existence during the first millennium B.C. in western Britain. By assessing these distributions, using quantitative analyses and statistical tests, it is possible to infer patterns of activity which reflect that organization. The artifacts selected include pottery vessels made under at least two different forms of production organization - a small-scale system for more limited or localized consumption of product, and a large-scale system for wider or regional consumption; and salt-drying containers from two different inland brine springs sources with one at Droitwich in Worcestershire and another in Cheshire. The production and distribution systems of both the pottery and the salt container types were examined diachronically through this period of a thousand years to discover whether there have been any changes in the organization
Morris, Elaine L.
Archaeology
Salt and ceramic exchange in Western Britain during the first Millennium B.C. This thesis demonstrates the distribution of several prehistoric commodities by the characterization of the artifacts, the identification of their production locations, and the final deposition of those artifacts after transportation and use. The structures of these distributions are the results of the production and exchange systems maintained by the economic and social organization in existence during the first millennium B.C. in western Britain. By assessing these distributions, using quantitative analyses and statistical tests, it is possible to infer patterns of activity which reflect that organization. The artifacts selected include pottery vessels made under at least two different forms of production organization - a small-scale system for more limited or localized consumption of product, and a large-scale system for wider or regional consumption; and salt-drying containers from two different inland brine springs sources with one at Droitwich in Worcestershire and another in Cheshire. The production and distribution systems of both the pottery and the salt container types were examined diachronically through this period of a thousand years to discover whether there have been any changes in the organization
salt ceramic exchange western britain first_millennium demonstrate distribution several prehistoric commodity characterization artifact identification production location final deposition artifact transportation use structure distribution production_exchange system maintain economic_social organization existence first_millennium western britain assess distribution use_quantitative analysis statistical test possible infer pattern activity reflect organization artifact select include pottery vessel make least_two different_form production organization small_scale system limit localized consumption product large_scale system wider regional consumption salt container two_different inland spring source another cheshire production_distribution system pottery salt container type examine diachronically discover_whether change organization