ANT241Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Varg Vikernes, Reductionism, Hatmaking
27 Nov 2012
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Trade involves bartering and goods no transfer of money. Trading posts physical structures set up by newcomers encourage natives to come trade. What the newcomers traded to the natives: european goods. Glass beads imp to native people because they had spiritual significance. Even before europeans arrived, port"s crystals were seen in same way. Shipped in carrots (cigar shaped packages) and twists (islam twists" leaves twisted into long ropes, cut into smaller pieces) From brazil to portugal to england to north america. What the natives traded in return: furs. Trade was global and extremely imp to the economies of many nations> From17th century until about mid 19th century. Beaver lodge opening under water defensive strategy against predators. Steel tracks imp way of acquiring beaver. What are all the beaver furs for? (why were europeans after beaver fur?) European furrier operations factories called furriers. First, long guard airs were plucked out and discarded.
