The metal age of Thailand and Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage

被引：4
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作者：
White, Joyce C. [1 ]
Hamilton, Elizabeth G. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Penn Museum, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
来源：
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA | 2021年 / 27卷
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
Archaeometallurgy; Ban Chiang; Community specialization; Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage; Craft production and exchange; Heterarchy; Middle-range societies; BRONZE-AGE;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ara.2021.100305
中图分类号：
K85 [文物考古];
学科分类号：
0601 ;
摘要：
After several decades of archaeologists interpreting Thailand's metal age development using top-down approaches drawn from 1980s archaeological theory, it has become evident they do not work for this region. When the metal assemblages from Ban Chiang and related sites in northeast Thailand were studied with a systematic methodology, alternative perspectives emerged for how to better interpret the resilient, peaceful prehistoric societies dating from approximately 2100 BCE -300 CE. A testable model is proposed applying "Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage" that focuses on "regional exchange systems." Exchange networks existed in the middle Mekong and Chao Phraya basins from the pre-metal period through the metal age and underpinned heterarchical political and economic systems whereby goods and valuables were exchanged among decentralized networks of communities.
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