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Chumash inter-village economic exchange
Indian historian • 4 (1) • Published In 1971 • Pages: 30-43
By: King, Chester.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ;1999
- Field Date
- 1967
- Coverage Date
- 3000 BP - 150 BP
- Coverage Place
- Chumash, Calif., United States
- Notes
- By Chester D. King
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-43)
- LCCN
- 64009495
- LCSH
- California--Antiquities