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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3172118, member: 93416"]Delighted to find we are so much in agreement here Valentinian. Moving on a little</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some thoughts on ritual burial - but of of wealth rather than money. I think we do find plausible examples of this - for instance in the UK Iron age, the Snettisham torques, or in the Dark Ages, the Sutton Hoo treasure. (A word of caution. These things were probably buried by kings (or queens). And their descendants likely knew where the goods were, so we should bear in mind that they could still retrieve them in dire emergency. Thus the wealth might have been "banked" rather than lost).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, even if there was never a plan to retrieve, I think we can make out a kind of rational economic motivation of sorts. During the periods in question gold or silver was greatly used in making badges of rank. The more gold or silver there was about, the more people could own badges of rank, against the interests of an existing aristocracy, guarding exclusive privileges. A situation might have evolved where gold and silver etc were buried to slow up devaluation of aristocratic privilege. A kind of "deflation".</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe that all sounds a bit too theoretical? But it is worth remembering the world-wide imposition of sumptuary laws in the historical period, that we know existed, and seem to serve similar purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, since there was no way the radiates at Frome were bling, I still think that ritual argument cannot be stretched to cover that event, as we agreed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 3172118, member: 93416"]Delighted to find we are so much in agreement here Valentinian. Moving on a little Here are some thoughts on ritual burial - but of of wealth rather than money. I think we do find plausible examples of this - for instance in the UK Iron age, the Snettisham torques, or in the Dark Ages, the Sutton Hoo treasure. (A word of caution. These things were probably buried by kings (or queens). And their descendants likely knew where the goods were, so we should bear in mind that they could still retrieve them in dire emergency. Thus the wealth might have been "banked" rather than lost). However, even if there was never a plan to retrieve, I think we can make out a kind of rational economic motivation of sorts. During the periods in question gold or silver was greatly used in making badges of rank. The more gold or silver there was about, the more people could own badges of rank, against the interests of an existing aristocracy, guarding exclusive privileges. A situation might have evolved where gold and silver etc were buried to slow up devaluation of aristocratic privilege. A kind of "deflation". Maybe that all sounds a bit too theoretical? But it is worth remembering the world-wide imposition of sumptuary laws in the historical period, that we know existed, and seem to serve similar purposes. However, since there was no way the radiates at Frome were bling, I still think that ritual argument cannot be stretched to cover that event, as we agreed. Rob T[/QUOTE]
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