Coins in Context: Local Economy, Value and Practice on the East African Swahili Coast

dc.citation.firstpage19en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleCambridge Archaeological Journalen_US
dc.citation.lastpage36en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber22en_US
dc.contributor.authorWynne-Jones, Stephanieen_US
dc.contributor.authorFleisher, Jeffreyen_US
dc.contributor.orgSocial Sciences Research Instituteen_US
dc.contributor.orgthe Archaeological Field Schoolen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-16T18:36:01Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-05-16T18:36:01Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-02en_US
dc.description.abstractCoinage occupies an unusual position in archaeological research. Thriving scholarship on numismatics and monetary history ensures that the objects themselves are well-studied, often seen as an indication of chronology and of stylistic and commercial links. Yet coins might also be analysed as artefacts, and explored as part of the symbolic world of material culture through which archaeologists understand meaning and value in past societies. Using a recently-excavated assemblage of medieval Kilwa-type coins from Songo Mnara on the East African Swahili coast, this article explores the multiple ways that value was ascribed and created through use, rejecting a simple dichotomy between substantive and formal value. Attention is given to the contexts of the coins, which enables a discussion of the relationship between power and the constitution of value, the circulation and use of coins among townspeople, and their use within ritual and commemorative activity.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWynne-Jones, Stephanie and Fleisher, Jeffrey. "Coins in Context: Local Economy, Value and Practice on the East African Swahili Coast." <i>Cambridge Archaeological Journal,</i> 22, no. 1 (2012) Cambridge University Press: 19-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959774312000029.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959774312000029en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/71217en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
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dc.titleCoins in Context: Local Economy, Value and Practice on the East African Swahili Coasten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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