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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 4957485, member: 57463"]I dunno... It's complicated. I think that one determinant for money is that it be used in <b>calculation.</b> Ritual exchange for social bonding precedes that and underlies it. But if you are not tallying gains and losses, you are not using money. I agree though that the Vikings apparently had a <b>qualitative</b> understanding of gain. They had fox pelts and amber. They wanted silks and spices. I do not know about hacksilber in the Islamic lands, but we all know that Islamic silver hoards are known all over Viking Europe. So, the Vikings did accept silver. But that is not the same thing as being monetized on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also know that during the Great Fairs of the Middle Ages, bankers would meet to reconcile their loans and borrowings and they could clear their books without ever touching a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I dunno.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you know the works of Denise Schmandt-Besserat?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 4957485, member: 57463"]I dunno... It's complicated. I think that one determinant for money is that it be used in [B]calculation.[/B] Ritual exchange for social bonding precedes that and underlies it. But if you are not tallying gains and losses, you are not using money. I agree though that the Vikings apparently had a [B]qualitative[/B] understanding of gain. They had fox pelts and amber. They wanted silks and spices. I do not know about hacksilber in the Islamic lands, but we all know that Islamic silver hoards are known all over Viking Europe. So, the Vikings did accept silver. But that is not the same thing as being monetized on it. I also know that during the Great Fairs of the Middle Ages, bankers would meet to reconcile their loans and borrowings and they could clear their books without ever touching a coin. So, I dunno. Do you know the works of Denise Schmandt-Besserat?[/QUOTE]
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