Money in Ancient Japan

Part 1: Economics and Archaeological Practice

Part 2: What is Money?

Part 3: The 4 Stages of Monetary Development

Part 4: Epilogue Rant  

 

Music Credits: 

Opening: The Wind by Komiku 

Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

Further Reading: 

VonMises: Human Action, Theory of Money and Credit, Theory and History

Menger: On the Origins of Money

Goodwin, J. 2018: Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan 

Amino, Y. 2012: Rethinking Japanese History

Trigger. B, 2006:  A History of Archaeological Thought: Second Edition

Sheffield Archaeology Department

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