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Small change: economics and coin-trees in Britain and Ireland.
- Source :
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Post-Medieval Archaeology . Jun2015, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p114-130. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Throughout the c. 2,000-year period coins have been circulated in Britain, they have also been ritually employed, most notably as votive deposits. Focusing specifically on the understudied custom of the British coin-tree, whereby coins are ritually embedded into the barks of trees, this paper considers the coin's role and applicability as a deposit. It aims to demonstrate that our understanding of the coin's past, present and future ritual employment is not only aided by a consideration of economics and the coin's secular function; it would be utterly incomplete without it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00794236
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Post-Medieval Archaeology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103365152
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1179/0079423615Z.00000000074