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Chumash inter-village economic exchange
Indian historian • 4 (1) • Published In 1971 • Pages: 30-43
By: King, Chester.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
King uses ethnohistoric accounts to explore the exchange system between the Inland, Mainland, Coast, and Island Chumash. He discusses what was traded between these ecological zones and briefly discusses when and where items were traded. (For instance, trade seems to have occurred during fiestas.) King also describes what was traded between the Chumash and some of their neighbors (Yokut, Gabrieleno, Serrano, Mojave). Shell beads were often used as the medium of exchange in these transactions. King notes that items traded were removed from circulation, thereby preventing inflation (such as through burial with the owner or through destruction at shrines for the dead). The Chumash exchange system (such as manufacturing centers and some traded items) observed in the archaeological record is also discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Cultural participation
- Lithic industries
- Commercial facilities
- General tools
- Medium of exchange
- Internal trade
- External trade
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Southern California
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ;1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3000 BP - 150 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chumash, Calif., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Chester D. King
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-43)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64009495
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- California--Antiquities