Published: 2022-12-16

Who throws money out the window – or the potlatch in archaeology

Tomasz Gralak
Przegląd Archeologiczny
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/PA70.2022.2589

Abstract

The article analyses various archaeologically perceptible methods of withdrawing goods from circulation. This phenomenon is known as potlatch. Its social and economic context was considered on the basis of various prehistoric cultures in Central Europe. It is pointed out that this is a phenomenon typical of a peripheral economy and a hierarchical social structure.

Keywords:

hoards, rich graves, social hierarchy

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Gralak, T. (2022). Who throws money out the window – or the potlatch in archaeology. Przegląd Archeologiczny, 70. https://doi.org/10.23858/PA70.2022.2589

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